One of the hallmarks of FIELD magazine has always been its attention to what poets have to say about poetry. Essays on contemporary poetry and poetics by working poets have appeared since the first issue, and many have become widely celebrated. This revised and expanded edition of A FIELD Guide to Contemporary Poetry and Poetics provides a rich and stimulating perspective on the state of contemporary poetry, as seen through the eyes of the poets themselves. Contributors include Margaret Atwood, Robert Bly, Russell Edson, Donald Hall, Miroslav Holub, Galway Kinnell, Denise Levertov, Sandra McPherson, Adrienne Rich, Charles Simic, Gary Snyder, William Stafford, Charles Wright, and James Wright, among many others.
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"An illuminating and inspiring guide to poetry, not simply as an art form, but also as a way of life." --Authors' Review of Books
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"These reflections, at their bravest and most serious, may help us--readers and writers--to stop and think about our instincts, and our speech; to think, perhaps with some fresh, undenying simplicity, about what we want to be doing, and why." --Jean Valentine
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This is the best guide to contemporary poetics available.,
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This collection of essays by some of our best contemporary poets--including Donald Hall, Denise Levertov, Galway Kinnell, and Charles Wright--is quite simply the best guide to postmodern poetics available. The chapters on the creative process and the poetic line are especially useful, providing excellent resources for instructors and students of poetry workshops.
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New York, China Trace, James Wright, Gary Snyder, Robert Bly, United States, Robert Hass, Donald Hall, John Ashbery, Charles Simic, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Charles Wright, Galway Kinnell, Gorky Street, Hard Freight, San Francisco, William Stafford, Denise Levertov, John Haines, Laura Jensen, The Skaters, Dylan Thomas, Elizabeth Bishop, Ezra Pound New!
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- The Wilderness of Vision: On the Poetry of John Haines by Kevin Walzer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Still Performance: Writing Self and Interconnection in Five Postmodern American Poets by James Mccorkle in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- In the Blue Pharmacy: Essays on Poetry and Other Transformations by Marianne Boruch in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- John Ashbery and American Poetry by David Herd in Back Matter
- The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry by Kim Addonizio in Back Matter
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