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American Poets in the 21st Century

American Poets in the 21st Century

Poetics of Social Engagement

by Michael Dowdy and Claudia Rankine
Paperback
Publication Date: 04/10/2018

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Poetics of Social Engagement emphasizes the ways in which innovative American poets have blended art and social awareness, focusing on aesthetic experiments and investigations of ethnic, racial, gender, and class subjectivities. Rather than consider poetry as a thing apart, or as a tool for asserting identity, this volume's poets create sites, forms, and modes for entering the public sphere, contesting injustices, and reimagining the contemporary. Like the earlier anthologies in this series, this volume includes generous selections of poetry as well as illuminating poetics statements and incisive essays. This unique organization makes these books invaluable teaching tools. A companion website will present audio of each poet's work.

Poets included:
Rosa Alcala
Brian Blanchfield
Daniel Borzutzky
Carmen Gimenez Smith
Cathy Park Hong
Christine Hume
Bhanu Kapil
Mauricio Kilwein Guevara
Fred Moten
Craig Santos Perez
Barbara Jane Reyes
Roberto Tejada
Edwin Torres

Essayists included:
John Alba Cutler
Chris Nealon
Kristin Dykstra
Joyelle McSweeney
Danielle Pafunda
Molly Bendall
Eunsong Kim
Michael Dowdy
Brent Hayes Edwards
J. Michael Martinez
Martin Joseph Ponce
David Colon
Urayoan Noel
ISBN:
9780819578303
9780819578303
Category:
Poetry anthologies (various poets)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
04-10-2018
Publisher:
Wesleyan University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
416
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x0mm

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