This is a journey through six centuries of poets writing in the voice of the opposite sex. Poems both canonical and less traditional, from early modern England to present-day Africa, are in this collection. In an introduction and conclusion the editors explore the historical, cultural and theoretical context of the poems and of cross-gendered ...
"In Love Song with Motor Vehicles," Alan Michael Parker marshals a penetrating wit and sharp irony that mirrors that of Charles Simic and John Berryman. Parker's robust imagination explores the music in places poetry doesn't usually travel. His poems find their epiphanies early on, and, most strikingly, do not close at their endings but, rather, ...
In the darkness of a May night in the middle of rural Ohio, Ray Stanton is thrown, naked and injured, from a pickup truck. For hours, he struggles to get back to town, unable to make sense of what has just happened until, half-conscious and in pain, he collapses at the door of his neighbor, Mae Reeves. So begins "Cry Uncle," a novel of small ...
Alan Michael Parker's Vandals back their 4 x 4 up to the door of Western Civilization and stomp "inoutinout-inoutinout" of these poems, looting at will. Parker tosses the poetics of Nash, Simic, Berryman, and Vasko Popa into the aesthetic blender, then hits the liquefy button to produce a collection of disturbing levity.
Twenty-two notable poets (including Andrew Hudgins, Maxine Kumin, David St. John, and Mark Strand) offer translations of a poem by a poet they find significant, along with a short biography of the poet and an essay. But there's a surprise-the poet and poem presented are invented by the book's 22 contributors! "The Imaginary Poets" presents ...
From 'Aql to Zwicky, here is the definitive biographical guide to poetry throughout the world in the twentieth century. Over 900 entries by over 75 international contributors bring a uniquely global perspective to bear on modern verse, encapsulating the lives and works of a vast array of poets in precise, compact detail. By placing canonical poets ...
"Elephants & Butterflies" combines the imaginative forays of "The Vandals" with the more meditative approach of "Love Song with Motor Vehicles." Both wild and calm, boisterous and quiet, the poems in "Elephants & Butterflies" use surprise, song, and startling metaphor while allowing the ideas to simmer just below the surface of the lyric. The ...
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