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Lambda Literary Award winner,
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This review is from: Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time: An Anthology (Hardcover)
I bought this book because it is spotlighted in the introduction of the anthology `The Poetry of Sex' edited by Tee A. Corinne because it "...offered windows into cultures for which there had been very little visibility and almost no literary continuity."
Of the almost 100 Poets included I knew many of the women and look forward to reading the others (and some have more than one poem featured in the book). Some favorites - Dorothy Allison, W.H. Auden James Baldwin Jane Barnes Susan Cavin Cheryl Clarke Jan Clausen Tatiana de la Tierra Allen Ginsberg, Jewelle Gomez Judy Grahn Marilyn Hacker Joy Harjo, Langston Hughes June Jordan Joan Larkin Audre Lorde Honor Moore Eileen Myles Frank O'Hara Pat Parker Adrienne Rich Linda Smuckler May Swenson Kitty Tsui Tennessee Williams The authors are presented in alphabetical order and as a nice touch are accompanied by photos of the writer. Also enjoyable were the brief author biographies that precede the poem rather than at the back of the book. The bibliography in the back has excellent recommendations for further reading. From the back of the book - You could simply call this the most important collection of gay and lesbian poetry yet published. It is. -- Bay Area Reporter Booklist - Surpasses every previous anthology of its kind in size, in presenting both men's and women's writings, and in quality.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lambda Literary Award winner,
By I bought this book because it is spotlighted in the introduction of the anthology `The Poetry of Sex' edited by Tee A. Corinne because it "...offered windows into cultures for which there had been very little visibility and almost no literary continuity." Of the almost 100 Poets included I knew many of the women and look forward to reading the others (and some have more than one poem featured in the book). Some favorites - Dorothy Allison, W.H. Auden James Baldwin Jane Barnes Susan Cavin Cheryl Clarke Jan Clausen Tatiana de la Tierra Allen Ginsberg, Jewelle Gomez Judy Grahn Marilyn Hacker Joy Harjo, Langston Hughes June Jordan Joan Larkin Audre Lorde Honor Moore Eileen Myles Frank O'Hara Pat Parker Adrienne Rich Linda Smuckler May Swenson Kitty Tsui Tennessee Williams The authors are presented in alphabetical order and as a nice touch are accompanied by photos of the writer. Also enjoyable were the brief author biographies that precede the poem rather than at the back of the book. The bibliography in the back has excellent recommendations for further reading. From the back of the book - You could simply call this the most important collection of gay and lesbian poetry yet published. It is. -- Bay Area Reporter Booklist - Surpasses every previous anthology of its kind in size, in presenting both men's and women's writings, and in quality.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lambda Literary Award winner,
By I bought this book because it is spotlighted in the introduction of the anthology `The Poetry of Sex' edited by Tee A. Corinne because it "...offered windows into cultures for which there had been very little visibility and almost no literary continuity." Of the almost 100 Poets included I knew many of the women and look forward to reading the others (and some have more than one poem featured in the book). Some favorites - Dorothy Allison, W.H. Auden James Baldwin Jane Barnes Susan Cavin Cheryl Clarke Jan Clausen Tatiana de la Tierra Allen Ginsberg, Jewelle Gomez Judy Grahn Marilyn Hacker Joy Harjo, Langston Hughes June Jordan Joan Larkin Audre Lorde Honor Moore Eileen Myles Frank O'Hara Pat Parker Adrienne Rich Linda Smuckler May Swenson Kitty Tsui Tennessee Williams The authors are presented in alphabetical order and as a nice touch are accompanied by photos of the writer. Also enjoyable were the brief author biographies that precede the poem rather than at the back of the book. The bibliography in the back has excellent recommendations for further reading. From the back of the book - You could simply call this the most important collection of gay and lesbian poetry yet published. It is. -- Bay Area Reporter Booklist - Surpasses every previous anthology of its kind in size, in presenting both men's and women's writings, and in quality. |
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