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The Swallow Anthology of New American Poets
Contributor(s): Yezzi, David (Editor), McClatchy, J. D. (Foreword by)

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ISBN: 0804011206     ISBN-13: 9780804011204
Publisher: Swallow Press
OUR PRICE: $52.45  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American - General
- Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors)
Dewey: 811.608
LCCN: 2009023277
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.7" W x 8.7" L (1.27 lbs) 376 pages
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 03/01/2010
 
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Groundbreaking anthologies of this kind come along once in a generation and, in time, define that generation. The Swallow Anthology of New American Poets identifies a group of poets who have recently begun to make an important mark on contemporary poetry, and their accomplishment and influence will only grow with time. The poets gathered here do not constitute a school or movement; rather they are a group of unique artists working at the top of their craft. As editor David Yezzi writes in his introduction, "Here is a group of writers who have, perhaps for the first time since the modernist revolution of the early twentieth century, returned to a happy d tente between warring camps. This, I think, is a new--at least in our age--kind of poet, who, dissatisfied with the climate of extremes, has found a balance between innovation and received form, perceiving the terror beneath the classical and the unities girding romanticism. This new unified sensibility is no watered-down admixture, no pragmatic compromise worked out in departments of creative writing, but, rather, the vital spirit behind some of the most accomplished poetry being written by America's new poets."

Poets include: Craig Arnold, David Barber, Rick Barot, Priscilla Becker, Geoffrey Brock, Daniel Brown, Peter Campion, Bill Coyle, Morri Creech, Erica Dawson, Ben Downing, Andrew Feld, John Foy, Jason Gray, George Green, Joseph Harrison, Ernest Hilbert, Adam Kirsch, Joanie Mackowski, Eric McHenry, Molly McQuade, Joshua Mehigan, Wilmer Mills, Joe Osterhaus, J. Allyn Rosser, A. E. Stallings, Pimone Triplett, Catherine Tufariello, Deborah Warren, Rachel Wetzsteon, Greg Williamson, Christian Wiman, Mark Wunderlich, David Yezzi, and C. Dale Young.

 
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