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'American Poets in the 21st Century': The New Poeticsnew
With apocryphal proclamations ("poetry is dead") being as common as formal innovations, the task of understanding where today's poetry fits in literary history and who is writing it is incredibly loaded.
Leaps for the Common Lifenew
New and recent books from New Mexico poets.
Weekly Alibi |
Lisa Lenard-Cook |
01-15-2008 |
Poetry
Robert Bringhurst's Simple Elegancenew
Everywhere Being is Dancing: Twenty Pieces of Thinking is an assemblage of well-considered ruminations, each one distinct but also linked by their creator’s deep erudition and plainspoken literary style.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
01-11-2008 |
Poetry
The Art of Versenew
Poet Jack Gilbert and artist Henryk Fantazos have created a fun collaborative objet d'art, Song of the Line.
Poems From Buchenwald Illuminate a Living Hellnew
Presented here in more than 50 bone-shaking adaptations by poet Fanny Howe, the devastating early works by sisters Henia and Ilona Karmel, survivors of the German concentration camp Buchenwald, are so harrowing I could read only a few at a time.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ari Messer |
10-31-2007 |
Poetry
'American Poetry' Brings in All the Voicesnew
While a full read is a bit much for most, I avidly suggest that everyone read at least some, because what's in this book of old poetry isn't old news. American Poetry makes an unprecedented claim about American literary history -- it tells us that we don't only descend from New England.
Port Folio Weekly |
Leigh Kohnle |
10-24-2007 |
Poetry
Michael Collier's Collection Falls Flatnew
It's difficult to say why exactly Maryland's former poet laureate felt the need to publish Make Us Wave Back: Essays on Poetry and Influence, but the end result reads like a dumping ground for academic studies, all-too-brief personal essays, lengthy reportage, and even an interview.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
10-16-2007 |
Poetry
Miss Cleo, This Time for Realnew
The album's eight tracks find Mis Cleo in a far different mood than America might anticipate. She's left the tarot cards and psychic-speak behind in favor of straight-to-the-gut protest poetry, as fierce and passionate as anything released by June Jordan or Nikki Giovanni.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
10-02-2007 |
Poetry
'The Book of Ocean': An Odyssey of Imaginationnew
Larkin's first book is a prism of paradox, a poetry aware of its own disguise.
Dorn Has an Unique and Complex Vision of Americanew
Too much poetry focuses on the beautiful, the lyrical, the sublime moments of our lives -- though you'll find all this in Edward Dorn, you'll just as often find political invective, sharp satire and a critical wit.
'Vermeer's Light': Sound Often Dominates Over Sensenew
Bowering, the first Canadian poet laureate, delights in language and in word-play.
A Quartet of Poetsnew
Everyday takes a cool turn in new works by Nathaniel G. Moore, Shane Rhodes, Emily Schultz, and Rachel Zolf.
The Georgia Straight |
Jacqueline Turner |
05-18-2007 |
Poetry
Tags: Poetry Reviews
Monkeys With Typewritersnew
A book of work by spoken-word poets at Atlanta's Java Monkey has corny confessions and ego-overblown self-expressions. But it doesn't hold up to the silent treatment it's given on the page.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
06-16-2005 |
Poetry
Tags: Poetry Reviews
Remembering What It Means to Be Humannew
No one who reads the remarkable new poems by John Knoepfle can fail to be touched by their penetrating strength.
Illinois Times |
Theodore Haddin |
07-02-2004 |
Poetry
