![]() But these 138 poems by 50 poets do not simply describe, lament, or bear witness to contemporary events they also explore the linguistic, temporal, and imaginative problems involved in doing so. Summary: This anthology of poetry collects 21st century American works by both established and emerging poets that deal with the public events, government policies, ecological and political threats, economic uncertainties, and large-scale violence that have largely defined the century to date. Title: The New American Poetry of Engagement: A 21st Century Anthology, ed. More information on the book The News from Poems: Essays on the New American Poetry of Engagement » These and other poets of our time, the volume suggests, are engaged not only with public events and topics but also with new ways of imagining subjectivity, otherness, and poetry itself. The volume showcases the diversity of contemporary American poetry, discussing mainstream and experimental poets, including some whose work has sparked significant controversy. Essays by Bob Perelman, Steven Gould Axelrod, Tony Hoagland, Eleanor Wilner, and others reveal how recent poetry has redefined our ideas of politics, authorship, identity, and poetics. The News from Poems brings together newly commissioned essays by eminent poets and scholars of poetry and serves as a companion volume to an earlier anthology of engaged poetry compiled by the editors. This “engaged” poetry features a range of aesthetics and focuses on public topics from climate change, to the aftermath of recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to the increasing corporatization of U.S. Summary: The News from Poems examines a subgenre of recent American poetry that closely engages with contemporary political and social issues. ![]() Publisher: Universiy of Michigan Press, 2016. Title: The News from Poems: Essays on the New American Poetry of Engagement, ed. More information on the book Chaos, A Fable » But only through a technological apocalypse can there be redemption―by unleashing total chaos. Together, the foreign students share a vision of altering the world’s geopolitical landscape to end human suffering with a nearly inconceivable blueprint. In America, Abdelkrim, a brilliant aspiring astronaut deemed “too Muslim” for citizenship, has teamed up with an equally gifted young prodigy, a witness to the plight of Syrian refugees. It could also unwittingly draw both men into irreversible events already in motion on distant shores. It could help fulfill the destiny of his son Abdelkrim. Mexican author Rubirosa is attending a book fair in Tangier when he reconnects with an old acquaitance, a Moroccan artist who asks one favor of his visiting friend: to access the puzzling files on a memory card. Summary: A provocative morality tale that moves with the visceral rhythms of a high-tech thriller, Chaos, A Fable is a spare and stunning triumph from one of the most celebrated Latin American authors of his generation. Translated from Rodrigo Rey Rosa (Una Fábula Asiatica). More information on the book Companion to American Poetry » Both a nuanced survey of American poetry and a catalyst for future scholarship, A Companion to American Poetry is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, academic researchers and scholars, and general readers with interest in current trends in American poetry. ![]() Organized thematically, the Companion’s thirty-seven chapters address a variety of emerging trends in American poetry, providing historical context and new perspectives on topics such as poetics and identity, poetry and the arts, early and late experimentalisms, poetry and the transcendent, transnational poetics, poetry of engagement, poetry in cinema and popular music, Queer and Trans poetics, poetry and politics in the 21st century, and African American, Asian American, Latinx, and Indigenous poetries. Highlighting the diverse nature of poetic practice and scholarship, this comprehensive volume addresses a broad range of individual poets, movements, genres, and concepts from the seventeenth century to the present day. Summary: A Companion to American Poetry brings together original essays by both established scholars and emerging critical voices to explore the latest topics and debates in American poetry and its study. with Mary McAleer Balkun and Paul Jaussen.
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