Poetry and Poetry Criticism

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Joy (Or Something Darker, but Like It)

poetry & parenting

By Nathaniel Perry
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Essay and Interview
Series: Poets on Poetry

Thinking about parenting through the lens of poetry

How to Draw a Circle

On Reading and Writing

By Dan Beachy-Quick
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Essay and Interview, American Literature
Series: Poets on Poetry

An examination of what binds poetic endeavor into a singular, shining whole

Ghosts and the Overplus

Reading Poetry in the Twenty-First Century

By Christina Pugh
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Modern Literature
Series: Poets on Poetry

Celebrating the voices, current and past, that surface in lyric poetry

The Imaginative Vision of Abdilatif Abdalla’s Voice of Agony

Poems Translated by Ken Walibora Waliaula

By Abdilatif Abdalla
Edited by Annmarie Drury
Subjects: African Studies, Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism
Series: African Perspectives

First English literary translation of Abdilatif Abadalla’s influential Voice of Agony

Poetry, History, Memory

Wang Jingwei and China in Dark Times

By Zhiyi Yang
Subjects: Asian Studies, China, Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, History, Chinese History

The first comprehensive biography of  Wang Jingwei, a poet, politician, and the most controversial figure in modern Chinese history

To Go Into the Words

By Norman Finkelstein
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Essay and Interview, Writing
Series: Poets on Poetry

A critical look at transcendence and a radical delight with language

Tales of Dionysus

The Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis

By William Levitan & Stanley Lombardo
Subjects: Classical Studies, Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism

The first English verse translation of the Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis

Working Time

Essays on Poetry, Culture, and Travel

By Jane Miller
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Gender Studies, Literary Criticism and Theory, Cultural Studies
Series: Poets on Poetry

Essays that explore literature, art, and contemporary culture and their connections to time and place

A Beat Beyond

Selected Prose of Major Jackson

By Major Jackson
Edited by Amor Kohli
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Race and Ethnicity, American Literature
Series: Poets on Poetry

Foregrounding the possibilities of human song

From the Valley of Bronze Camels

A Primer, Some Lectures, & A Boondoggle on Poetry

By Jane Miller
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Literary Criticism and Theory, Cultural Studies
Series: Poets on Poetry

"What makes art 'modern' and what does 'urgent' mean now?"

Song-Poems from Xanadu

By J. Crump
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Asian Studies, China
Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies

Translated poems providing a survey of ch’ü poetry

The Glass House

The Life of Theodore Roethke

By Allan Seager
Subjects: Biography, Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Literature

The first detailed biography of this renowned American poet

The Spiral of Memory

Interviews

By Joy Harjo
Edited by Laura Coltelli
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Gender Studies, Native American Studies, American Literature
Series: Poets on Poetry

Intimate, illuminating conversations with one of the most important voices in contemporary American poetry

The Passionate Spectator

Essays on Art and Poetry

By John Yau
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism
Series: Poets on Poetry

Insightful essays on art and poetry by the acclaimed writer, critic, and curator

Collected Prose

By Robert Hayden
Edited by Frederick Glaysher
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Literature, African American Studies
Series: Poets on Poetry

A collection of essays on poetry and the experiences that influenced this poet

On Burning Ground

Thirty Years of Thinking About Poetry

By Sandra Gilbert
Subjects: Literary Studies, 20th Century Literature, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Literary Criticism and Theory, Writing
Series: Poets on Poetry

The Matrix of Lyric Transformation

Poetic Modes and Self-Presentation in Early Chinese Pentasyllabic Poetry

By Zong-qi Cai & Zong-qi Cai
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Asian Studies, China
Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies

Traces one the most important genres in early Chinese literature through a series of modes connoting varying social milieus, from folk to literati

Rhymes in the Flow

How Rappers Flip the Beat

By Macklin Smith & Aurko Joshi
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Studies, Music, Popular Music, African American Studies

Reveals the deep roots, poetic structures, and uncommon artistry of rap poetry and performance

Nuyorican Feminist Performance

From the Café to Hip Hop Theater

By Patricia Herrera
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Latinx Studies, Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Studies

Recovers and celebrates the contributions of women artists to the history of this iconic performance venue

Till One Day the Sun Shall Shine More Brightly

The Poetry and Prose of Donald Revell

By Derek Pollard
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism
Series: Under Discussion

A rich, multifaceted consideration of the poetry and other writings of Donald Revell

Who Killed American Poetry?

From National Obsession to Elite Possession

By Karen L. Kilcup
Subjects: Literary Studies, 19th Century Literature, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Studies

19th-century American magazine reviewers helped establish—and subsequently destroy—poetry’s place as a powerful national literature

The Underground Poetry Metro Transportation System for Souls

Essays on the Cultural Life of Poetry

By Tony Hoagland
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism
Series: Poets on Poetry

Tony Hoagland’s essays, full of sharp wit and astute observations, draw out the poetry hiding everywhere in American culture.

Acts of Poetry

American Poets' Theater and the Politics of Performance

By Heidi R. Bean
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Studies

The first book-length exploration of a cross-genre art form that combines poetry and theater

Jane Cooper

A Radiance of Attention

By Martha Collins & Celia Bland
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism
Series: Under Discussion

A long-awaited tribute to one of the most beloved poets and teachers of our time

The Allure of Grammar

The Glamour of Angie Estes's Poetry

By Douglas R. Rutledge
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism
Series: Under Discussion

Illuminating the unique poetic style of Angie Estes’s poetry, from her earliest work to her most recent collection

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