The Poetry of Men's Lives: An International Anthology [Paperback]

Federico Moramarco (Editor), Al Zolynas (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2004

Alive with the wisdom, artistry, and emotion of more than 250 poets from nearly one hundred countries, this anthology celebrates the multifaceted experience of contemporary manhood. The lives into which these poems invite us reveal the influences of culture, heredity, personal experience, values, beliefs, wishes, desires, loves, and betrayals. Men are notoriously reluctant to open up and discuss these things; and yet when they do--as in these poems--they tell us about their families, lovers, relationships, political and religious beliefs, sexuality, and childhoods. There is much to learn here about who men are and how they see their worlds.

• Collects close to three hundred poems, in English or English translation, by more than 250 poets.
• Nearly one hundred countries are represented, from Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, South America, Central America and the Caribbean, North America, and Oceania (including Australia and New Zealand).
• Organized in topical sections: Boyhood and Youth; Families; Identities: Cultural, Personal, Male; Men and Women; Myth, Archetypes, and Spirituality; Politics, War, and Revolution; Sex and Sexuality; Poets and Poetry, Artists and Art; Brothers, Friends, Mentors, and Rivals; Work, Sports, and Games; Aging, Illness, and Death.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A fascinating anthology. The coeditors have done a commendable job of harvesting work from many different cultures and languages. It is also impressive how many little-known or unknown poets and poems from around the world the authors have managed to root out and include."--C. K. Williams, author of The Singing: Poems

"This is an ambitious attempt to document the fact of contemporary male poetry in a ranging context of cultures and place. All one can say is, More!"--Robert Creeley, author of If I Were Writing This

"A wonderful book, one that amazed me and made me feel more whole in the world. It is genuinely one that women and men and different ethnic, racial, political, and geographical groups will want to read."--Jacqueline Vaught Brogran, author of The Violence Within/The Violence Without: Wallace Stevens and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Poetics

From the Author

An unprecedented gathering of poems that reveal the inner lives of men around the world

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Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press (December 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820326496
• ISBN-13: 978-0820326498
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,752,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Federico Moramarco is Professor Emeritus at San Diego State University where he taught American Literature and Creative Writing for many years. . He is the author of seven books, including The Poetry of Men's Lives, Men of Our Time, Italian Pride: 101 Reasons to Be Proud You're Italian, and Deliciously Italian. He co-authored the latter two books with his son, Stephen. His poetry and literary criticism has been published in many magazines and journals including American Poetry Review, The Literary Review, The Western Humanities Review, The Nation, and many others and his selected poems are gathered in "The City of Eden"

Federico has appeared on many San Diego stages, most recently in what he regards as his most difficult role--that of George W. Bush's defense attorney in Sledgehammer Theater's production of The Trial of George W. Bush. He is the Artistic Director of Laterthanever Productions and produced the Patte Award winning Hannah and Martin at the Lyceum Theater in 2006. He also produced and directed the west coast premiere of A.R. Gurney's Mrs. Farnsworth at an earlier incarnation of the Ark Theater in 2004, and adapted and directed three of Raymond Carver's short stories (What We Talk About When We Talk About Love) for the stage in January, 2009. He lives in San Diego.