The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry
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The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry by J D Mcclatchy
Dazzling in its range, exhilarating in its immediacy and grace, a collection that gathers together, from every region of the country and from the past forty years, the poems that continue to shape our imaginations.From Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery and Adrienne Rich, to Robert Haas and Louise Glück, this anthology takes the full measure of our poetry's daring energies and its tender understandings.
Other poets include:
Sylvia Plath
James Merrill
Amy clampitt
Jorie Graham
W. S. Merwin
Charles Simic
Allen Ginsberg
Frank O'Hara
Anne Sexton
Robert Creeley
Sharon Olds
Mary Oliver
Robert Pinsky
Mark Strand
Denise Levertov
Richard Wilbur
May Swenson
Michael Palmer
Mark Doty
Yusef Komunyakaa
Scenes from Another Life (1981), Stars Prominent (1986), and The Rest of the Road (1990) are J.D.McClatchy's previous poetry collections. White Paper (1989) and Twenty Questions (1998) are collections of his literary articles. He has edited several publications, the most recent of which is The Vintage Book of Modern Poetry (1996). He's written four opera libretti, the most recent of which was Emmeline for Tobias Picker, which the Santa Fe Opera commissioned. He is Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and editor of The Yale Review since 1991.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781400030934 |
| ISBN 10 | 1400030935 |
| Title | The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry |
| Author | J D Mcclatchy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2003-04-08 |
| Number of pages | 656 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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