The Uncollected Louis Zukofsky by Jeffrey Twitchell-Waas

The Uncollected Louis Zukofsky by Jeffrey Twitchell-Waas

A goldmine of treasures grant access into this twentieth century modernist poet's extraordinary work. Includes unpublished essays, drama, and poetry that enhances Zukofsky's stature within the revolutionary modernist movement.

The American poet Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978) was a master craftsman in a wide range of forms both traditional and invented. He was a crucial bridge between the “high” modernism of Eliot, Pound, Stein, Stevens, Williams, and Moore and various postwar innovative schools. The Uncollected Louis Zukofsky gathers a variety of his works, some long out of print, some never before published, in diverse genres. The centerpieces of this collection are two substantial works—the play Arise, Arise and the pamphlet-length version of First Half of “A”-9—but these texts are complemented by a rich selection of Zukofsky’s uncollected poems, translations, and prose works as well as some fascinating musical arrangements of passages from “A.” Contextualized by notes and a critical introduction by the editors, The Uncollected Louis Zukofsky is a must-read for anyone interested in twentieth-century poetry and poetics.

“Readers of Zukofsky have been waiting a long time for this book, which presents uncollected poetry, prose, and drama by a modern masterThe essays, in particular, shed new light on Zukofsky’s insights into the modernist poets and his hopes regarding the peers he deemed ‘Objectivists.’” - Stephen Fredman, editor of How Long Is the Present: Selected Talk Poems of David Antin

“Twitchell-Waas and Scroggins have produced a sparkling collection of Zukofsky’s uncollected work that is a delight to ear, heart, taste, and intellect: a feast for old and new lovers of one of the greatest American second-wave modernist poets. Because Zukofsky was such a controlling craftsperson, this book is a delightful romp through his back pages, his second thoughts, his private workshop. It doesn’t feel like a miscellany of archival finds: it is compelling throughout.” - Charles Bernstein, author of The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comedies

Jeffrey Twitchell-Waas is the editor of Z-site: A Companion to the Works of Louis Zukofsky and an occasional translator of contemporary Chinese poetry, including Original: Chinese Language Poetry Group.

Mark Scroggins is the author of several books of poetry and the author and editor of multiple books about Louis Zukofsky, including The Poem of a Life: A Biography of Louis Zukofsky.

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ISBN 13	9780826368782
ISBN 10	0826368786
Title	The Uncollected Louis Zukofsky
Author	Jeffrey Twitchell-Waas
Series	Recencies Series: Research And Recovery In Twentieth-Century American Poetics
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of New Mexico Press
Year published	2025-12-31
Number of pages	272
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