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American Poetry : The Twentieth Century, Volume 1 : Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker

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American Poetry : The Twentieth Century, Volume 1 : Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker

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Until nearly the end of the 19th century, American poetry remained in its infancy. To be sure, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman had already produced their epochal (and diametrically opposed) masterpieces. But these were sui generis eccentrics, working on the fringes of a culture still in thrall to its Old World origins. Only with the dawning of the 20th century did American poets manage to cut the umbilical cord, and with astonishing results. Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, Claude McKay, and T.S. Eliot all seemed to appear out of thin air, imparting their accents--mandarin or bucolic or, in McKay's case, definitively uptown--to the modernist uproar. This artistic explosion has already been the subject of numerous studies (including such classics as Hugh Kenner's The Pound Era and Ann Douglas's Terrible Honesty), and even more numerous anthologies. But for sheer splendor and big-tent inclusiveness, American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker looks to be an essential starting point.

Weighing in at nearly 1,000 pages, Volume One is the work of Robert Hass, John Hollander, Carolyn Kizer, Nathaniel Mackey, and Marjorie Perloff. This poetic Gang of Five has made a number of decisions that will delight some readers and rankle others. For instance, they've elected to include song lyrics from the likes of W.C. Handy, Ma Rainey, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter. (Doubtless these remain diminished without the music--but who could be so churlish as to exclude the tongue-twisting couplets from "Anything Goes"?) They've also thrown in a variety of very minor works by very major writers, such as "Terminus," Edith Wharton's breathless account of her one-night stand with boy toy Morton Fullerton.

But these are truly peccadilloes. There are hundreds of poems here, representing more than 80 authors, and thumbing through the selections by Marianne Moore or Robinson Jeffers or James Weldon Johnson or Robert Frost should be enough to send most readers into linguistic rapture. Lesser figures, from Sara Teasdale to H.P. Lovecraft, get their days in the sun. So too do complete obscurities like George Sterling or Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (whose capsule biography suggests that she may have been the most unhappy of a notoriously unhappy lot). Poetry lovers are free to argue themselves hoarse over who got the short end of the stick--and indeed, the relatively small slice of the pie allotted to T.S. Eliot says a great deal about the transience of literary reputation. But anthologies are by their very nature imperfect, and it's hard to imagine a more welcome, less imperfect one than this. --James Marcus

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Big, But Not Big Enough.......2005-09-12

I think the two volumes published thus far are only half of what's expected, but I'm not sure, as these were put into print five years ago, as far as I can tell. There is plenty to enjoy here, and some to rightfully forget. There's also plenty missing. (Attempts at political correctness can be so tedious and obvious.) For instance, on the enjoyment side, Marianne Moore's The Steeple-Jack is a wonder of construction, as is Robert Frost's obsessively worked out "Familiar with the Night." But such anthologies as this are always questioned as to the method of selection, the poets disregarded, and the poems picked. Why, for instance, was Marianne Moore's Octopus overlooked? Where are W. H. Auden, Robert Lowell, Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Allen Ginsburg, and James Merrill, among so many others? Are they still to come? I hope so. And I just don't care for Gertrude Stein. Her work is unreadable and does nothing at all for me. I don't know why so much space is always allotted to her in so many anthologies. Yes, I get the point. No, I don't need 37 pages of this point. It seems her importance only lies in who she knew and how she lived, not in any actual talent she had.

If the Library of America is coming out with any more volumes to round out the twentieth century, they are taking their sweet time about it. I really can't wait that long. In the meantime, a new American anthology is due out from Oxford in 2006, edited by David Lehman. I've had a sneak peek, and it's inclusive and won't disappoint.

"My hand in yours, Walt Whitman --so--".......2002-01-30

This volume is the second of a projected four volume anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry in the Library of America series. American poetry richly deserves this extensive treatment, and this series may serve to introduce America's poets to a growing number of readers.

This volume begins with E.E.Cummings (born 1894) and concludes with May Swenson (born 1913) The volume has almost an embarrassment of riches. By my count there are 122 separate poets included. The book includes a brief biography of each writer included which is invaluable for reading the book.

As with any anthology of this nature,the selection is a compromise between inclusiveness and quality. Readers may quarrel with the relative weight given to various poets in terms of number of pages, and with the inclusion or exclusion of writers. (I was disappointed that a poet I admire, Horace Gregory, gets only two pages, for example). Overall, it is a wonderful volume and includes some greatpoetry.

There are favorites and familiar names here and names that will be familiar to few. A joy of a book such as this is to see favorites and to learn about poets one hasn't read before.

A major feature of this volume is its emphasis on diversity -- much more so than in volume 1 or in the Library of America's 19th century poetry anthologies. There are many Jewish poets (including Reznikoff, a favorite ofmine, Zukofsky, Alter Brody, Rose Drachler, George Oppen, Karl Shapiro, and others) and even more African-American Poets (Lanston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Richard Wright, Waring Cuney, Sterling Brown, Arna Bontemps, Robert Hayden and many more.) There are also selections from blues and popular songs which to me is overdone.

Of the poets unknown to me, I enjoyed particularly Lorine Niedecker, Laura Riding, and Janet Lewis -- women are well represented in this volume.

I have taken the title of this review from the Cape Hatteras section of "The Bridge" by Hart Crane.(page 229) Crane has more pages devoted to him than any other writer in the volume and deservedly so. "The Bridge" and "Voyages" are presented complete together with some of the shorter poems. This tragic, tormented and gifted writer tried in The Bridge to present a vision of America mystical in character, celebratory of the merican experience, and inclusive in its diversity. The poem is a worthy successor to the poetry of Whitman who is celebrated in it. The title of the review,I think, captures both Crane's poem as well as the goal of the volume as a whole in capturing something of the diversity of experience reflected in 20th Century American Verse.

"What thou lovest well is thy true heritage".......2002-01-08

Although not widely read and appreciated, American poetry underwent a renaissance in the Twentieth Century. At some point, readers will look back at our Twentieth Century poetry as a benchmark of literature and a guide to the thoughts, feelings, and events of our difficult century.

In this, the first of four projected volumes covering the Twentieth Century, the Library of America gives access to a treausre of reading, moving, elevating, and disturbing. The book consists of readings from 85 (by my count) poets. The poets, are arranged chronologically by the poet's birthday. The earliest writer in the volume is Henry Adams (born 1838) and the concluding writer is Dorothy Parker (born 1893). Some writers that flourished later in life, such as Wallace Stevens, thus appear in the volume before works of their peers, such as Pound and Elliot, who became famous earlier.

For me, the major poets in the volume are (not surprising choices here), Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, W.C. Williams, Ezra Pound, T.S. Elliot, Marianne Moore. They are represented by generous selections,including Elliot's Waste Land, Steven's Notes Towards a Supreme Fiction, and several Pound Canto's given in their entirety.

It is the mark of a great literary period that there are many writers almost equally meriting attention together with the great names. There are many outstanding writers here, some known, some unknown. To name only a few, I would includeE.A Robinson, James Weldon Johnson, Adelaide Crapsey, Vachel Lindsay, Sara Teasdale, H.D. Robinson Jeffers, John Crowe Ransom, Conrad Aiken, Samuel Greenberg. It would be easy to go on.

There are different ways to read an anthology such as this. One way is to browse reading poems as they catch the reader's eye. Another way is to read favorite poems the reader already knows.

I would suggest making the effort to read the volume through from cover to cover. Before beginning the paricular poet, I would suggest reading the biographical summary at the end of the volume. These are short but excellent and illuminate the authors and the poetry. The notes are sparse, but foreign terms in Pound and Elliot's poetry are translated, and we have selections from Elliot's and Marianne Moore's own notes.

By reading the volume through,one gets a sense of continuity and context. Then, the reader can devote attention to individual poems. Some twentieth century works, such as those by Pound, Elliott,Moore Stevens are notoriously difficult. Read the works through,if you are coming to them for the first time, and return to them later.

I was familiar with many of the poems in the book before reading the anthology but much was new to me. I learned a great deal. My favorite poet remains Wallace Stevens, partly because he comibined the life of a man of affairs, as an attorney and insurance executive, with deep art. This remains an ideal for me. It is true as well for W.C. Williams, although I am less fond of his poetry.

The title to this review is taken from "Libretto" by Ezra Pound,
(page 371). It is the best single sentence summation I can think of for the contents of this volume.

Is everybody happy?.......2000-05-05

The real job of the anthologist is not, of course, to assemble anthologies but to anger and annoy readers. Only census takers have more doors slammed in their innocent faces. That said, a few words in defense of this excellent volume. Yes, there's plenty of second-tier or third-tier verse here, and those in search of pure poetry (no rocks, no soda, shaken not stirred) should probably save their pennies and buy the LOA volumes devoted to Frost, Stevens, etc etc. But a book like this one does give a splendid sense of cultural context. Sometimes the giants loom only larger when they're stuck in a line-up with their diminutive peers. And some of those lesser lights are actually quite talented, too. So unless you're truly fixated on iambic quality control, you should find much to love, and even more to like, in the capacious and paper-thin pages of APTTCV1.

The Library of America is generally splendid, but. . . ........2000-05-01

you'd be much better off to buy other volumes in the series. This two-volume anthology is generally a two-thousand page waste of time. Most poetry is consigned to oblivion for a reason! What is here rescued is frankly not worth it, and the "literature" here is of historical rather than intrinsic interest. A monument to "inclusivity" and "diversity," but full of poor writing, the Common Reader is here advised to invest in Library of America's wonderful volumes of the poetry of Frost, Stevens, Whitman, and, whenever they finally appear in the future, Dickinson, Melville, Eliot, and Bishop.

Mermaids in the Basement: Poems for Women

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Carolyn Kizer
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Cool, Calm, and Collected: Poems 1960-2000
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Mermaids in the Basement: Poems for Women
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The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems 1950-2001, New Edition
The Flying Change: Poems

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Sexual politics, social awareness, literary irreverence-Carolyn Kizer is the indisputable grande dame of American letters. Never afraid to say what is on her mind, in her poetry Kizer has always done so with both grace and flair.

For four decades she has been one of the most influential, controversial, and recognizable figures in American poetry: as an early feminist, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, as a Roethke student, as the first director of the National Endowment for the Arts's literary program, as a member of the board of The Academy of American Poets (from which she resigned, in protest, in 1999), and as the founding editor of the influential Poetry Northwest.

Cool, Calm & Collected is a "new and collected" volume by one of Copper Canyon Press's all-time bestselling poets. It gathers new poems together with work from all of Kizer's eight previous volumes, several of which have been unavailable for many years.

from "Pro Femina"

From Sappho to myself, consider the fate of women. How unwomanly to discuss it! Like a noose or an albatross necktie The clinical sobriquet hangs us: cod-piece coveters. Never mind these epithets; I myself have collected some honeys. Juvenal set us apart in denouncing our vices Which had grown, in part, from having been set apart: Women abused their spouses, cuckolded them, even plotted To poison them. Sensing, behind the violence of his manner- "Think I'm crazy or drunk?"-his emotional stake in us, As we forgive Strindberg and Nietzsche, we forgive all those Who cannot forget us. We are hyenas. Yes, we admit itâ€¦

Carolyn Kizer was born in Spokane, Washington in 1925 and currently lives in Sonoma, California. She is the author of eight previous books of poetry, two collections of essays, and has edited several anthologies and volumes of translations. Her collection Yin won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize.

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Cool, Calm Collection!.......2001-01-09

Carolyn Kizer has done the world of poetry a favor by issuing another stellar collection of poems for sheer entertainment, soul-pondering, reflection, escape, psyche-pleasure and engagement with the joys of the music of the written word. Her finest piece to date is a villanelle, a poignant commentary on the Gulf War of several years ago. While not included in this collection, it bears reciting here to get an idea of the value of Carolyn's verse:(On a Line from Valery) The whole green sky is dying. the last tree flares/ With a great burst of supernatural rose/ Under a canopy of poisonous airs.

Could we imagine our return to prayers/ To end in time before time's final throes,/ The green sky dying as the last tree flares?

But we were young in judgment, gray in hairs/ Who could make peace; but it was war we chose,/ To spread its canopy of poisoning airs.

Not all our children's pleas and women's stares/ Could steer us from this hell. And now God knows/ His whole green sky is dying as it flares.

Our crops of wheat have turned to fields of tares./ This dreadful century staggers to its close/ And the sky dies for us, its poisoned heirs.

All rain was dust. Its granules were our cares./ Throats burst as everywhere winter arose/ To kill the whole green sky. The last tree bears/ Within its canopy ripe poisoned pears.

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"One of the virtues of good poetry is the fact that it irritates the mediocre."

Theodore Roethke was one of the most famous and outspoken poets and poetry teachers this country has ever known. In this volume of selected prose, Roethke articulates his commitments to imaginative possibilities, offers tender advice to young writers, and zings darts at stuffed shirts, lightweights and fools.

"Art is our defense against hysteria and death."

With the assistance of Roethke's widow, this volume has been edited to include the finest selections from out of print collections of prose and journal entries. Focused on the making and teaching of poetry,On Poetry and Craft will be prized in the classroom-and outrageous Roethke quotes will once again pepper our conversations.

"You must believe a poem is a holy thing, a good poem, that is."

Theodore Roethke was of an illustrious generation of poets which included Sexton, Plath, Lowell, Berryman, and like them he received nearly every major award in poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize and twice the National Book Award. In spite of his fame, he remained a legendary teacher, known for the care and attention he gave to his students, poets such as James Wright, Carolyn Kizer, Tess Gallagher, and Richard Hugo. Roethke died on August 1, 1963, while swimming in a friend's pool.

"But before I'm reduced to an absolute pulp by my own ambivalence, I must say goodbye. The old lion perisheth. Nymphs, I wish you the swoops of many fish. May your search for the abiding be forever furious."

On Poetry and Craft

I am overwhelmed by the beautiful disorder of poetry, the eternal virginity of words.

The poem, even a short time after being written, seems no miracle; unwritten, it seems something beyond the capacity of the gods.

We can't escape what we are, and I'm afraid many of my notions about verse (I haven't too many) have been conditioned by the fact that for nearly 25 years I've been trying to teach the young something about the nature of verse by writing it--and that with very little formal knowledge of the subject or previous instruction. So it's going to be lik

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Creativity is Hard to Teach.......2005-11-13

I found the poet's thoughts quite helpful and not as self-indulgent as other reviewers. I think Roethke also considered himself to be an artist at teaching as well as at writing. His was not a case of "those cannot do, teach". He established a style of relating and conveying materials to students with many years of success. Most importantly, no teacher can instruct how to be a good or great writer. Every instructor in the arts faces this dilemma.
I found Roethke's thoughts to have much merit. They aren't obtrusive or intrusive just a catch as catch can if they have meaning for the reader.

So much potential.......2002-12-19

I bought this book because I admire Roethke's poetry. Unfortunately the best and most interesting part of the book is the excellent foreword written by Carolyn Kizer. She manages to bring him alive - as a teacher, not just as a poet - gives a sense of the enormous excitement that the members of "that extraordinary class of '55" (including Kizer, James Wright, and Jack Gilbert) must have felt. You finish reading the introduction feeling a huge sense of anticipation ... and that's about it.

Roethke on himself is uninteresting. Ego, a couple of aphorisms, some examples (which are worth paying attention to - pity you're struggling to stay awake at this point) and a lot of the sort of waffle that he, by his own repeated insistence, would have completely rejected in poetry. Oh, and a fair bit of cattiness - see the chapter "A Tirade Turning" (what were people thinking when they included this? And why?)

The worst thing about this book is its unevenness. If it was all poorly/boringly/self-indulgently written, then you would be able to dismiss it as the work of someone who "wasn't any good at writing about writing". But then he comes out with sections like "Some notes on rhythm"; one of the most lucid explanations of rhythm effects that I have yet come across.

All in all? An disappointing book, if only because of the brief flashes of how much better it could have been. Too much self-indulgence, too much spite, too much self-congratulation. So much potential unrealised!

Drunk on Himself.......2002-10-24

This book is a revelation, but not the sort you might wish for. Roethke's poetry has always struck me as vaguely unsavory. It's not overwritten, grey, clumsy, sententious or sentimental; it is merely unremarkable and I am left only with an impression of the author's sense of superiority, and his distance from the reader, and more surprisingly, from his own work. What this book reveals is one possible reason for my distaste: Roethke is a pompous git.
The discriminating review reader recognizes this is all rot, impressionistic nonsense, jealousy etc. but what can we conclude from a man responsible for such measured yet meaningful proclamations as: "It's not that many Americans can't think: they just don't want to."; "Therefore I shall get on with the daily business of revelation." and "That's the horrible thing about being a genius. Everything's so obvious."
I have not committed the unpardonable sin of removing small pieces of text from a context in order to support a slapdash critique. Roethke's done that for me. There are three or four whole chapters composed in just this manner. Disconnected comments selected only for one or another Roethkian turn of phrase, but otherwise amputated from a subject; carefully composed insults that refer to no one in particular, but which he was apparently eager to save for just the right moment; moanings and groanings about the state of the world, the trials of the genius...blah, blah.
The telling fact is that these were selected from his personal notebooks-apparently by himself. He appears to have devoted considerable time and effort to preparing disparaging one-liners, grandiose statements of purpose and pale jokes for the classroom. I consider it reasonable to expect that a 'great' poet would have more in the way of great poetry to offer than any number of carefully rehearsed bon mots; and if this is the sort of thing he considers worthy of display ("Mother of God, I just invented a few sayings out of me head. Is that wicked?") I fear for what the remainder of his notebooks might contain. The best lesson an aspiring poet might learn from this book is not to listen too closely to one's teachers. Go and read Mary Oliver's very excellent book instead.

Euripides, 4 : Ion, Children of Heracles, the Madness of Heracles, Iphigenia in Tauris, Orestes (Penn Greek Drama Series)

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Euripides, 4 : Ion, Children of Heracles, the Madness of Heracles, Iphigenia in Tauris, Orestes (Penn Greek Drama Series)
Palmer Bovie , Deborah H. Roberts , J. T. Barbarese , Katharine Washburn , David Curzon , Carolyn Kizer , and Greg Delanty
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The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Arist

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More Amazonian bungling!.......2006-11-18

Yet again the folks at Amazon have bungled matters. The other "review" of this book is in fact a review of (or a puff for) the Penn series of translations of Greek tragedy, not of Euripides' "Selected Fragmentary Plays," a scholarly edition offering Greek texts, English translations, and detailed notes on several of Euripides' fragmentary plays. It should also noted that the book in question is the recently published---and long-awaited---second volume of a work whose first volume appeared in 1995. Eventually, there will be a Loeb Classical Library edition of the major fragments of Euripides, but it is unlikely to replace these volumes of Collard et al., for their very full notes will remain invaluable.

a return to classics.......2003-04-02

I went to Columbia, with the most prominent 'great books' curriculum still in existence. 25 years later, I'm finding myself re-reading and discussing many of the titles. The Penn Greek Drama series is a handsome library of new translations that give fresh takes on the classics. It's useful to have Euripides on the shelf when you return home from the recent bravura performance by Fiona Shaw as Medea--it settled an argument too on how it 'originally' ended.

Will Work For Peace: New Political Poems

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Will Work For Peace: New Political Poems
Sherman Alexie , Marge Piercy , Carolyn Kizer , Martin Espada , Diane di Prima , W. D. Snodgrass , Bob Holman , Peter Viereck , Leslea Newman , Lyn Lifshin , Cid Corman , David Ray , Susan Griffin , Dean Blehert , Donald Hall , Bill Zavatsky , Ellen Bass , Colette Inez , Maxine Chernoff , Marilyn Chin , Nicole Blackman , Maude Meehan , Elaine Equi , Daniela Gioseffi , Taylor Mali , Regie Cabico , Janet Hamill , Edwin Torres , Sarah Jones , Roger Bonair-Agard , Alix Olson , Amy Ouzoonian , Cristin Aptowicz , Charles Fishman , Francis Driscoll , Lamont Steptoe , Thaddeaus Rutkowski , Michael Cadnum , Charles Potts , and Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
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Multi-cultural, cross-generational anthology of new political poetry of 144 living poets from every continent on Earth.

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A wonderful book........2000-03-11

I go to a somewhat conservative boarding school and lent this book to one of my writing teachers, who previously had said that there is no way that a political poem can be heartfelt. This book proves that notion wrong. Normally when people think about politics, they only think about who is running for office, but there is so much more than that in this book. This book should be available in every library in both the poetry and political section. This is an inspiring book that speaks not only to the mind, but to the heart.

Will Work for Peace is a triumph of poetic Davids........1999-10-30

As one of the poets featured in Will Work for Peace, one might expect me to be a bit biased, but nothing could be farther from the truth. Most poets work in a virtual vacuum, only tenuously connected to each other by the occasional workshop or shared membership in a 'poetry society'. When Brett Axel first approached me for a submission to an anthology he was considering, the names Marge Piercy, Lyn Lifshin, Moshe Bennaroch and so many others were abstractions to me as a fledgling poet. I knew these tremendous writers were 'out there' somewhere, beating down doors with their words and keeping a struggling artform alive. But to think that someday I would ever share a credit with these dynamic modern poets would be a pipe dream at best. It is through the sincere efforts of Brett Axel that many newer voices like mine have an extraordinary opportunity to appear with Pulitzer Prize winners and other poetic heavyweights. By way of an honest review, however, I will say this- not everything in this book will be to your particular liking. I myself came across some works that did not move me in the way the author may have intended. Some imagery can be raw and visceral, using shock value in place of craft at times. But to ignore those voices would be an even more shocking turn of events, so praise be to the editor for not sacrificing his vision to a senseless conformity. As Pete Seeger so aptly put it in his quote, trying to read all these poems at one time would be like trying 'to swallow Manhattan whole'. I say to you- buy this book, read this book, but understand that it's what you do after reading this book that will ultimately define who you could be. Poetry is alive and well, and lives in the blunt pages of Will Work for Peace.

Good work!.......1999-10-28

This book has been a long time coming. Brett Axel has really contributed to the poetry world in a way that is noticed, rather than swept into a corner. Many of the poems are good, some are great. Not all the poets are famous, but most of them contributed good work. I liked Amy Ouzoonian's and Brett's poems, as well as "Pinaud's Tonic" by Michael Pollick. I recommend reading that one. The only criticism I would have of the book is of the extreme scatalogical nature of some of the poems, which do not seem to fit with the theme of the anthology, and would, perhaps, be better in collections by that particular poet, rather than in such an anthology. But, overall, it is a great work.

Thumbs Up.......1999-09-20

Just amazing start to finish! I like the disregard for fame used in putting the book together. That great poems got in even if they were writtenby nobodys. Look at Roger Bonair-Agard's poem on page 74. Shortly after Will Work For Peace came out he won Slam Nationals, becoming Slam Champion of 1999, which will be getting him lots of offers. But Zeropanik Press didn't need to be told he was good by an award. They could tell by his writing! Good for them and good for all of us because Will Work For Peace is a literary milestone. It's a new standard for all future anthology editors to try to live up to. Thumbs up to Brett Axel and Thumbs up to Zeropanik Press for their guts and integrty.

Good reading.......1999-09-19

I liked this book. It has some of the best poetry I've ever seen in it. I especially liked the poems by Marge Piercy, Antler, Diane di Prima, and Susan Griffin, but all of it was good. I think there was only one or two that I didn't like at all and they were short. I'd give it 5 stars but the type was kind of small and I'd rather it be easier to read. My eyes aren't what they were when I was 30.

100 Great Poems by Women: A Golden Ecco Anthology

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100 Great Poems by Women: A Golden Ecco Anthology

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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carolyn Kizer has compiled the 100 best poems by women, from the 15th century to the present. Although the book contains many of the obvious choices -- poems by Marianne Moore, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, and Adrienne Rich -- it is Kizer's selection of lesser-known but extraordinary poets that makes this collection stand out.

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Great browsing book.......2002-02-01

Kizer had to make difficult decisions when choosing only 100 poems to represent over 100 years worth of women poets. But what we end up with is 100 female poets, each with a strong unique voice. It's a wonderful anthology in which to discover new authors and revisit old favorites. Important and enjoyable.

extreem love.......1999-12-12

some time we have to admired things which we don't have ,which indeed don't mean much for those who have it . we allways look biynd our sight,egnoring what in btween . some time we don't entermidate our inside feeling towards those who we exteemly love .we semply lose them in the franteer suspiose.

Yin: New Poems (American Poets Continuum)

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Grausam aber genial, einfach brilliant.

Yin: New Poems (American Poets Continuum)
Carolyn Kizer
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Black Zodiac: Poems
The Simple Truth: Poems
Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems (Wesleyan Poetry)
Blizzard of One: Poems
The Flying Change: Poems

ASIN: 0918526442

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Grausam aber genial, einfach brilliant........1999-06-16

Das Buch ist zwar hart an der Grenze des ertraeglichen, dennoch ist es brilliant und mit atemberaubender brizans verfasst, ein weiteres Meisterwerk von Akif Pirincci, weiterdenken heisst das Motto in d,iesem Buch. Die Karakteranalysen zeugen in jeder Phase von der Genialitaet Akifs. Es sollte gelesen werden, trotz Laenge und trotz Brutalitaet.

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Woman Poet
Elaine, editor-in-chief; Hacker, Marilyn, guest editor; Kizer, Carolyn, poetry editor [Anthology] Dallman
Manufacturer: Women in Literature, Inc. (Reno, Nevada), 1981
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J0Y9CG

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The Ungrateful Garden
Carolyn Kizer
Manufacturer: Indiana University Press, 1961
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J0LJPG

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