12 X 12: Conversations in 21st-Century Poetry and Poetics

Author/Contributor(s):	Mengert, Christina ; Wilkinson, Joshua Marie
Publisher:	University of Iowa Press
Date:	04/01/2009
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Bringing together penetrating conversations between poets of different generations as they explore process and poetics, poetry's influence on other art forms, and the political and social aspects of their work, 12 × 12 restores poesis to the center of poetry.

Christina Mengert and Joshua Marie Wilkinson have assembled an expansive and searching view of the world through the eyes of twenty-four of our most vital and engaging poets. Punctuated by poems from each contributor, 12 × 12 brings together an unparalleled range of poets and poetries, men and women from around the world, working poets for whom the form vitally matters.

Contributors

Jennifer K. Dick-Laura Mullen
Jon Woodward-Rae Armantrout
Sabrina Orah Mark-Claudia Rankine
Christina Hawkey-Tomaz Salamun
Christine Hume-Rosemarie Waldrop
Srinkath Reddy-Mark Levine
Karen Volkman-Allen Grossman
Paul Fattaruso-Dara Wier
Mark Yakich-Mary Leader
Michelle Robinson-Paul Auster
Sawako Nakayasu-Carla Harryman
Ben Lerner-Aaron Kunin