Author : Jane Manzitti
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 2006-01-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1467064416
My poems explore our infinite questionable universe Finding hope through spiritual belief, obtaining inner peace, and believing in yourself are major themes. It also encompass the philosophy of it can be done. Although geared towards women, it covers many subjects everyone has experienced. Love, hate, right and wrong are only a few emotional feelings explored. Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry, some will make you question why. I hope they have.
Author : Claudia Rankine
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 48,15 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0819574449
Poetry in America is flourishing in this new millennium and asking serious questions of itself: Is writing marked by gender and if so, how? What does it mean to be experimental? How can lyric forms be authentic? This volume builds on the energetic tensions inherent in these questions, focusing on ten major American women poets whose collective work shows an incredible range of poetic practice. Each section of the book is devoted to a single poet and contains new poems; a brief "statement of poetics" by the poet herself in which she explores the forces — personal, aesthetic, political — informing her creative work; a critical essay on the poet's work; a biographical statement; and a bibliography listing works by and about the poet. Underscoring the dynamic give and take between poets and the culture at large, this anthology is indispensable for anyone interested in poetry, gender and the creative process. CONTRIBUTORS: Rae Armantrout, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Lucie Brock Broido, Jorie Graham, Barbara Guest, Lyn Hejinian, Brenda Hillman, Susan Howe, Ann Lauterbach, Harryette Mullen.
Author : Illona Linthwaite
Publisher : Gramercy
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 12,94 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
Spanning the centuries from Sappho's Greece to tenth-century Japan, from nineteenth-century Chile to Zindziswa Mandela's twentieth-century South Africa, the voices of these women poets express themes of love, injustice, motherhood, and loss, and the oppressions of race and sex. The sequence of the poems moves from youth to old age, and they bear witness to the triumphs as well as the pain and frustration of women in many times and in many places. Among the many poets whose work is included are Anna Akhmatova, Maya Angelou, Judith Kazantzis, Gabriela Mistral, Marge Piercy, Irina Ratushinskaya and Alice Walker. Illona Linthwaite began gathering this collection several years ago, initially for a theatrical performance. Here, in this unique exchange between women of many races, affirming their differences and what they have in common, are more than 150 poems which assert the black abolitionist Sojourner Truth's challenge, "Ain't I a Woman!" In addition to the poems, there are biographies of the 91 contributors.
Author : Claudia Rankine
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 46,38 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0819572365
“A fine and selective anthology that’s also a critical introduction to some of the most provocative, and some of the most original, poetry out there.” —Stephanie Burt, author of Don’t Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems The American Poets in the 21st Century series continues with another anthology focused on female poets. Like the earlier books, this volume includes generous selections of poetry by some of the best poets of our time as well as illuminating poetics statements and incisive essays on their work. This unique organization makes these books invaluable teaching tools. Broadening the lens through which we look at contemporary poetry, this new volume extends its geographical net by including Caribbean and Canadian poets. Representing three generations of women writers, among the insightful pieces included in this volume are essays by Karla Kelsey on Mary Jo Bang’s modes of artifice, Christine Hume on Carla Harryman’s kinds of listening, Dawn Lundy Martin on M. NourbeSe Phillip (for whom “english / is a foreign anguish”), and Sina Queyras on Lisa Robertson’s confoundingly beautiful surfaces. In addition, a companion website presents audio of each poet’s work.
Author : Rosemary Reigle
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 14,38 MB
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781436328524
Rose's poems/pictures are a delight. First the reader thinks, "Oh how nice: pretty pictures and poetry that is short enough so as not to be tedious." Then the lovely surprise overtakes one as she realizes that the images and condensed words work together to recall one's own experience of sensuality, awareness of self, and truth of daily experience. While some of the combinations merely elicit a smile and sensation of relaxation, others compel the reader to dig deeper into her own experience and remind her of important life realizations and lessons. A rejuvenating and refreshing read that registers on all levels of personhood: physical, spiritual, emotional, and sensual. Tamara Kuzmenkov
Author : Christina Mengert
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 20,98 MB
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1587297914
This book includes the poetry by and interviews with : Jennifer K. Dick, Laura Mullen, Jon Woodward, Rae Armantrout, Sabrina Orah Mark, Claudia Rankine, Christina Hawkey,Tomaž Šalamun, Christine Hume, Rosemarie Waldrop, Srinkath Reddy, Mark Levine, Karen Volkman, Allen Grossman, Paul Fattaruso, Dara Wier, Mark Yakich, Mary Leader, Michelle Robinson, Paul Auster, Sawako Nakayasu, Carla Harryman, Ben Lerner, and Aaron Kunin.
Author : Margarita Donnelly
Publisher : CALYX Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 20,20 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780934971829
This dazzling collection presents some of the most important women poets of the past 25 years.
Author : Paula R. Backscheider
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 2005-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801895901
“Our sense of eighteenth-century poetic territory is immeasurably expanded by [this] excellent historical and cultural” study of UK women poets of the era (Cynthia Wall, Studies in English Literature). This major work offers a broad view of the writing and careers of eighteenth-century women poets, casting new light on the ways in which poetry was read and enjoyed, on changing poetic tastes in British culture, and on the development of many major poetic genres and traditions. Rather than presenting a chronological survey, Paula R. Backscheider explores the forms in which women wrote and the uses to which they put those forms. Considering more than forty women in relation to canonical male writers of the same era, she concludes that women wrote in all of the genres that men did but often adapted, revised, and even created new poetic kinds from traditional forms. Backscheider demonstrates that knowledge of these women’s poetry is necessary for an accurate and nuanced literary history. Within chapters on important verse forms, she sheds light on such topics as women’s use of religious poetry to express ideas about patriarchy and rape; the important role of friendship poetry; same-sex desire in elegy by women as well as by men; and the status of Charlotte Smith as a key figure of the long eighteenth century, not only as a Romantic-era poet. Co-Winner, James Russell Lowell Prize, Modern Language Association
Author : Lisa Sewell
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 49,28 MB
Release : 2020-01-25
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0819579432
North American Women Poets in the 21st Century: Beyond Lyric and Language is an important new addition to the American Poets in the 21st Century series. Like earlier anthologies, this volume includes generous selections of poetry by some of the best poets of our time as well as illuminating poetics statements and incisive essays on their work. This unique organization makes these books invaluable teaching tools. Broadening the lens through which we look at contemporary poetry, this new volume extends our reading of each poet beyond the constraints of any one aesthetic, school, or movement; this volume pushes readers to see beyond the binary of lyric and language. What unites the varied approaches of these writers, is a commitment to creating new fields, new idioms, new vernaculars, and new forms. Key areas of conflict and concern, among the eleven poets, include genre and the nature of the lyric, connections between gender and aesthetics, and the nature of poetic language. Among the insightful pieces included in this volume are essays by Catherine Cucinella on Marilyn Chin, Meg Tyler on Fanny Howe, Elline Lipkin on Alice Notley, Kamran Javadizadeh on Claudia Rankine, Brian Teare on Martha Ronk, Michael Cross on Leslie Scalapino, Lynn Keller on Cole Swensen, Khadijah Queen on Natasha Trethewey, Lisa Russ Spaar on Jean Valentine, Julie Brown on Cecilia Vicuña, and Richard Greenfield on Rosmarie Waldrop. A companion web site will present audio of each poet's work.
Author : Kate Rogers
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,43 MB
Release : 2010-05-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9789881809414
A vibrant, contemporary anthology of poetry by over 100 contributors from 24 countries. This collection is the first to capture the voices of women in the 21st century. Stellar work from literary luminaries such as Margaret Atwood, Erica Jong and Sharon Olds. Chapters are divided intuitively into: Woman as Creator; Woman as Family; Woman as Archetype; Woman as Explorer; Woman as Myth Maker; Woman as Home Maker; Woman as Landscape; Woman as Lover; Woman as Freedom Fighter; Woman as Keeper of Secrets; Woman as Keeper of Memories; Woman Ageing.
