Overview

With chapters written by leading scholars such as Steven Gould Axelrod, Cary Nelson, and Marjorie Perloff, this comprehensive Handbook explores the full range and diversity of poetry and criticism in 21st-century America. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry covers such topics as: · Major histories and genealogies of post-war poetry – from the language poets and the Black Arts Movement to New York school and the Beats · Poetry, identity and community – from African American, Chicana/o and Native American poetry to Queer verse and the poetics of disability · Key genres and forms – including digital, visual, documentary and children’s poetry · Central critical themes – economics, publishing, popular culture, ecopoetics, translation and biography The book also includes an interview section in which major contemporary poets such as Rae Armantrout, and Claudia Rankine reflect on the craft and value of poetry today.

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Author:   Professor Craig Svonkin (Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA) ,  Professor Steven Gould Axelrod (University of California, Riverside, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 18.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   1.040kg
ISBN:  

9781350351929

ISBN 10:   135035192
Pages:   552
Publication Date:   20 February 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction, Craig Svonkin and Steven Gould Axelrod Part One Roots and Branches of the Contemporary 1. A Conversation with Marjorie Perloff Susan McCabe, Brian Reed, and Steven Gould Axelrod 2. The Feminist Poetry Movement in America Bethany Hicok 3. American Poetry and War Cary Nelson 4. Experimental Asian American Poetry Josephine Nock-Hee Park 5. Undisciplined Writing: Postwar Prose Poetry Michel Delville 6. Lowell’s Turtles Stephanie Burt 7. Subjectivity and Identity in New York School Poetry Terence Diggory 8. Jewish American Poetry and the Late Twentieth-Century Literary Canon Hilene Flanzbaum 9. The Autobiographical Prose of Poets Grzegorz Kosc 10. Queer Poetry after 1945 Laura Westengard 11. From Shingled Hippo to Gay Unicorn: Self-Othering in Bob Kaufman and Other Beats Craig Svonkin 12. The National Anthology Wars and West Coast Anthologies Bill Mohr 13. The Black Art of Confession Steven Gould Axelrod 14. Binding Nation-States: Poetry Anthologies of Hawai‘i, 1966–2018 Stanley Orr 15. The Poetics of Chicana Daughterhood: Cherrie Moraga and Lorna Dee Cervantes Lisette Ordovica Lasater Part Two Interviews with Poets 16. Mitsuye Yamada Steven Gould Axelrod, Craig Svonkin, and Traise Yamamoto 17. Marilyn Nelson Craig Svonkin 18. Rae Armantrout Steven Gould Axelrod and Craig Svonkin 19. Lorna Dee Cervantes Steven Gould Axelrod and Craig Svonkin 20. Marilyn Chin Steven Gould Axelrod and Craig Svonkin 21. Geof Huth Joseph T. Thomas, Jr. 22. Juan Delgado Craig Svonkin 23. Claudia Rankine Andrew Lyndon Knighton 24. Crisosto Apache Craig Svonkin and Steven Gould Axelrod 25. Joshua Jennifer Espinoza Steven Gould Axelrod and Craig Svonkin Part Three The Contemporary Moment 26. A Conversation with Stephanie Burt Craig Svonkin and Steven Gould Axelrod 27. Ecopoetics: In and against the American Grain James McCorkle 28. Economies of Scale: Contemporary Poetry and the Marketplace Ann Keniston 29. Contemporary Children’s Poetry: A Colloquy Craig Svonkin, Mike Cadden, Richard Flynn, Michael Heyman, Krystal Howard, Michael Joseph, JonArno Lawson, Lissa Paul, and Joseph T. Thomas, Jr. 30. Multilingual American Poetry and Poetics Maria Lauret 31. Claiming Their Place: Contemporary Arab American Poetry and Poetics Richard Hishmeh 32. The Rise of Award-Winning Black Poets Howard Rambsy II 33. The Fourth Wave in Native American Poetics Erika T. Wurth 34. Recent Trends in Jewish American Poetry Norman Finkelstein 35. What Is the Queer Confessional? Jan Maramot Rodil 36. Poetry Translation and Poet-Translators Brian Reed 37. Prosthetic Poetics: Contemporary Poetry of Disability Jessica Lewis Luck 38. Data Dump: Poetry and Information in the Twenty-First Century Jeffrey Gray List of Contributors Index

Reviews

"""This is such a wonderful anomaly among handbooks of poetry that I read it in one sitting. It is multicultural and multifaceted, personal and provocative, witty and wacky. The Handbook is an exciting mélange that will appeal to every scholar, student, and lover of American poetry."" --Marian Janssen, Researcher at Radboud Institute for Culture and History, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands ""Steven Gould Axelrod and Craig Svonkin sought ""a whale of a book."" Well, harpoon one they have, and no harm done. They right this vessel, sail the main of contemporary American poetry, and provision all with rich chowder. The crew within is as diverse, though better starred, than any that ever allegorized the decks of a Pequod. Here, surely, is a mast-head from which to survey our present literary horizons. Is this book indispensable? Reader, it is more. Climb aboard."" --Mark Richardson, Professor of English, Doshisha University, JAPAN"

"""Handbooks of this kind rarely - if ever - give the poets themselves the microphone. I wish more would follow The Bloomsbury's example. The questions poised are provocative and the answers illuminating (and sometimes suggestively elusive) ... A charming, idiosyncratic, and weirdly seductive map to a whole lot of poems."" --The Robert Graves Review ""This is such a wonderful anomaly among handbooks of poetry that I read it in one sitting. It is multicultural and multifaceted, personal and provocative, witty and wacky. The Handbook is an exciting mélange that will appeal to every scholar, student, and lover of American poetry."" --Marian Janssen, Researcher at Radboud Institute for Culture and History, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands ""Steven Gould Axelrod and Craig Svonkin sought ""a whale of a book."" Well, harpoon one they have, and no harm done. They right this vessel, sail the main of contemporary American poetry, and provision all with rich chowder. The crew within is as diverse, though better starred, than any that ever allegorized the decks of a Pequod. Here, surely, is a mast-head from which to survey our present literary horizons. Is this book indispensable? Reader, it is more. Climb aboard."" --Mark Richardson, Professor of English, Doshisha University, JAPAN ""Joy and playfulness abound throughout The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry. It's marked by a hip kind of New York Schoolish teasing subversion, making for a delightful read (it modulates into more overtly serious topics too, of course, and even play is taken seriously - or maybe 'rigorously' would be the more appropriate word). But as I suggested earlier, it doesn't forget poems in its attention to literary history, poetics, and poets. One of the best parts of the book (also in the children's poetry colloquy), is by our fellow Gravesian Michael Joseph, the editor of The Robert Graves Review and a poet himself. His piece concludes the colloquy, and while it is an extended response to Svonkin's question, What advice might you offer scholars wanting to join the discussion of North American children's poetry? (p. 351), it functions equally well as advice for any scholar choosing 'to join the discussion' surrounding poetry of any kind. It also captures the canny wit and subversive charm of The Bloomsbury itself."" --The Robert Graves Review"

Author Information

Craig Svonkin is Executive Director of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association and Professor of English at Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA. Steven Gould Axelrod is Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside, USA. He is co-editor of The New Anthology of American Poetry: Volumes 1-3 (2002-2012), editor of Robert Lowell's Memoirs (2019) and a former President of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association (2004-6).

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