More truly and more strange : 100 contemporary American self-portrait poems /
"Our rampant selfie-taking moment (via Snapchat, Tinder, and YouTube, e.g.) showcases what American poetry has expressed for centuries: a national impulse for self-portraiture. This stylish anthology collects astonishing self-portrait poems-brilliantly divided into smart, revealing sections-fro...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Persea Books, Inc.,
[2020]
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Summary: | "Our rampant selfie-taking moment (via Snapchat, Tinder, and YouTube, e.g.) showcases what American poetry has expressed for centuries: a national impulse for self-portraiture. This stylish anthology collects astonishing self-portrait poems-brilliantly divided into smart, revealing sections-from the mid-twentieth century through today. By experiencing the various ways that our greatest poets re-render and distort themselves, we see America's glorious struggle with defining itself. John Ashbury, Stephanie Burt, Lucie Brock-Broido, Natalie Diaz, Rita Dove, Jorie Graham, Terrance Hayes, Donika Kelly, Gregory Pardlo, Sylvia Plath, Carl Phillips, Mark Strand, Tracy K. Smith, Natasha Tretheway, Charles Wright, and many others"-- |
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Item Description: | "A Karen & Michael Braziller book" -- title page. |
Physical Description: | xxi, 190 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780892555062 0892555068 |