Essays that explore literature, art, and contemporary culture and their connections to time and place
"What makes art 'modern' and what does 'urgent' mean now?"
Performance poetry, identity, and nationality throughout American history
The first book to collect the voices of our foremost and most promising gay poets
Thoughtfully investigates the important yet little-heralded topic of the effect of class on the poet's life and work
A groundbreaking study of the connections among meter, the poetic unconscious, and wider literary and cultural forces
Russian artists and critics attest to the cultural changes emerging since the fall of the Soviet Union
A survey of the empowering poetry of politically active women in El Salvador, South Africa, and the United States.