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008			160311t20162016mau b 001 0 eng c
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035			_a(OCoLC)959936494
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050	0	0	_aPS325 _b.B87 2016
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100	1		_aBurt, Stephen, _d1971-
245	1	4	_aThe poem is you : _b60 contemporary American poems and how to read them / _cStephen Burt.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, _c2016.
264		4	_c©2016
300			_avii, 419 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 371-396) and index.
520			_aContemporary American poetry has plenty to offer new readers, and plenty more for those who already follow it. Yet its difficulty--and sheer variety--leaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephen Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, Burt canvasses American poetry of the past four decades, from the headline making urgency of Claudia Rankine's Citizen to the stark pathos of Louise GluÌck, the limitless energy of J. F. Herrera, and the erotic provocations of D. A. Powell. The Poem Is You: Sixty Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them is a guide to the diverse magnificences of American poetry today. It presents a wide range of poems selected by Burt for this volume, each accompanied by an original essay explaining how a given poem works, why it matters, and how the poem speaks to other parts of art and culture. Included here are some classroom classics (by Ashbery, Komunyakaa, Hass), less famous poems by very famous poets (GluÌck, Kay Ryan), prizewinning poets near the start of their careers (such as Brandon Som), and others who are not--or not yet--well known. The Poem Is You will appeal to poets, teachers, and students, but it is intended especially for readers who want to learn more about contemporary American poetry but who have not known where or how to start. It describes what American poets have fashioned for one another, and what they can give us today. -- _cProvided by publisher
505	0	0	_tParadoxes and oxymorons / _rJohn Ashbery _g(1981) -- _ttito madera smith / _rTato Laviera _g(1981) -- _tThe Ride / _rRichard Wilbur _g(1982) -- _tmy dream about the second coming / _rLucille Clifton _g(1982 / 1987) -- _tPossession / _rCarla Harryman _g(1982) -- _tSongs & sonnets / _rJohn Hollander _g(1983) -- _tMore music / _rCarl Dennis _g(1984 / 1985) -- _tSaxophone / _rLiam Rector _g(1984) -- _tIncantation / _rCzes¿aw Mi¿osz, trans. Robert Pinsky and Czes¿aw Mi¿osz _g(1984) -- _tShoe from the waves / _rRobert Grenier _g(1984) -- _tLightnin' blues / _rRita Dove _g(1986) -- _tTarget / _rA.R. Ammons _g(1987) -- _tFacing it / _rYusef Komunyakaa _g(1987 / 1988) -- _tHamatawk / _rDiane Glancy _g(1988 / 1991) -- _tDomestic mysticism / _rLucie Brock-Broido _g(1988) -- _tAbove the inland empire today / _rKillarney Clary _g(1989) -- _tModern love / _rJohn Yau _g(1989) -- _tOh / _rRobert Creeley _g(1990) -- _tDecember journal / _rCharles Wright _g(1990) -- _tThe piano player explains himself / _rAllen Grossman _g(1991) -- _tAn atlas of the difficult world XIII (Dedications) / _rAdrienne Rich _g(1991) -- _tLamium / _rLouise GluÌck _g(1992) -- _tSelf-portrait in TyvekTM windbreaker / _rJames Merrill _g(1992 / 1995) -- _tSalt / _rLinda Gregerson _g(1993 / 1996) -- _tEmptiness / _rKay Ryan _g(1993) -- _t"A wooden eye. An 1884 silver dollar. A homemade explosive. A set of false teeth. And a 14-Karat gold ashtray" / _rAlbert Goldbarth _g(1995 / 1998) -- _thoney jars of hair / _rHarryette Mullen _g(1995) -- _tHalley's Comet / _rStanley Kunitz _g(1995) -- _tLetters to Zanzotto: Letter 3 / _rMichael Palmer _g(1995) -- _tOur Lady of the Snows / _rRobert Hass _g(1996) -- _tKey episodes from an earthly life / _rC.D. Wright _g(1996) -- _tBlood on the wheel / _rJuan Felipe Herrera _g(1999) --
505	0	0	_tA song that we still sing / _rCarter Revard _g(2001) -- _tEpigraph / _rAllan Peterson _g(2001) -- _tOur nature / _rRae Armantrout _g(2001) -- _tRace / _rElizabeth Alexander _g(2001) -- _tA / ppeal A / pple A / dam A / dream / _rLiz Waldner _g(2002) -- _t>> > >> > >> PLEASE FORWARD & > >> / _rkari edwards _g(2003) -- _tTonight / _rAgha Shahid Ali _g(1996 / 2003) -- _t[when he comes he is neither sun nor shade: a china doll] / _rD.A. Powell _g(2004) -- _tSans serif / _rAngie Estes _g(2005) -- _tTo the wires overhead / _rW.S. Merwin _g(2005 / 2007) -- _tOn sleep / _rBernadette Mayer _g(2005) -- _tMoab / _rDonald Revell _g(2005 / 2007) -- _tThe blue terrance / _rTerrance Hayes _g(2006) -- _tFutures / _rJorie Graham _g(2007 / 2008) -- _tMiss Weariness / _rLaura Kasischke _g(2007) -- _tSong of the mortar and pestle / _rFrank Bidart _g(2008) -- _tLustron: the house America has been waiting for / _rRobyn Schiff _g(2008) -- _tQ is for the quick / _rMary Jo Bang _g(2009) -- _tViagra / _rLucia Perillo _g(2009) -- _tThe workhorse / _rMelissa Range _g(2010) -- _tPrescription / _rJoseph Massey _g(2011) -- _tDate: post glacial / _rdg nanouk okpik _g(2012) -- _tClass / _rRosa AlcalaÌ _g(2012) -- _tOversized T-shirts / _rGabby Bess _g(2012 / 2013) -- _tHide-and-seek with God / _rBrenda Shaughnessy _g(2012) -- _tYou and your partner go to see the film / _rClaudia Rankine _g(2014) -- _tOulipo / _rBrandon Som _g(2014) -- _tWeeping / _rRoss Gay _g(2015).
650		0	_aAmerican poetry _y20th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aAmerican poetry _y21st century _xHistory and criticism.
655		7	_aPoetry. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423828
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655		7	_aPoetry. _2lcgft
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