Contemporary American Poetry (Penguin Academics)

Contemporary American Poetry (Penguin Academics)
by R. S. Gwynn, April Lindner

Contemporary American Poetry (Penguin Academics)
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Author: April Lindner, R. S. Gwynn
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-09-23
ISBN: 0321182820
Number of pages: 544
Publisher: Longman

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Summary: 5 Stars

One of the joys of reading a poetry anthology, is the likely hood of encountering a previously unknown poet. You read the lines, you hear the music, you come to the end of the poem and you wonder, "Hmmm. Where have you been all my life?" The Contemporary American Poetry allows the reader to gobble up many of these moments. So you re-read poems by Ted Kooser, Billy Collins, Anne Sexton. But then you find David St. John with his narrative portrait of a wizened Mme. Descartes; or David Mason's chilling
The Collector's Tale, another narrative poem that is full of power and reflections.

Many of the poets in this anthology are still living. Many were born in the 40s and 50s and their voices reflect the framework of the periods of the 60s- 90s. But the reader can still touch base with Plath's The Colossus or Ginsberg's A Supermarket in California. It is like a great poetry buffet, where some of the classics ---- the caviars,
the chilled salmon, the duck confit --- are there for the tasting, but one can also move along to the nouvelle cuisine, the raw fish, the sauced wild morels.

The book is handsomely laid out; the fonts are graceful and crisp; a poet's brief biography introduces each poem. Whether one is a regular reader of poetry or someone who wants to get an introduction to a range of poets, the Penguin Academics Contemporary American Poetry volume will provide a satisfying meal indeed.

Summary of Contemporary American Poetry (Penguin Academics)

Edited by poets about poets, Contemporary American Poetry is a chronologically organized anthology covering major poets born after 1920.

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