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EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Dazzling in its range, exhilarating in its immediacy and grace, this collection gathers together, from every region of the country and from the past forty years, the poems that continue to shape our imaginations. There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review. Dec 19, Bill rated it it was amazing Shelves: literary-poetry. A large collection of poetry mostly from the 30's's.
Each port is introduced with brief biographies that are often way too infected with pseudo-literary show-offy writer's workshop leader blather. Some of the poems are wonderful. I have not read poetry in decades and this was a great way to get a feel for the landscape.
Oct 01, Brian rated it it was amazing. I was wrong. This stuff is essential. Thank the Good Lord for poets and hip-hop artists for their artistry with the language. Dec 08, Adam rated it liked it Shelves: poetry. I found the Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry through one of my cooperating teachers who recommended I read this collection of poems. The collection covers 75 poets, so it is tough to pick one to emphasize just how amazing this collection really is.
The collection is arranged by poets, with a short biography on their lives followed by a collection of their most significant poems. Usually there are 7 or 8 poems but depending on length there may be only 4 or 5. Some of the poems I absol I found the Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry through one of my cooperating teachers who recommended I read this collection of poems. Some of the poems I absolutely loved on my first read and found I had a pretty good understanding of.
Other poems I had to read several times over and over again, and still found I was rather confused by their content and meaning. I guess that is the nature of poetry. The poets I really enjoyed reading include Donald Justice, W. Merwin, Robert Pinsky, and James Wright. This is because these poems tend to focus on death and reality, real emotional things that I can grasp and contemplate.
Some poets in this collection were just too out there for me, or a little too dated. I am sure there is a hidden layer to this, but the meaning is right there in the title. The title says it is about a fish, but is it really about the fish, or something else entirely? I thought including my favorite poets would help. I would recommend this book to older readers, high school students who are ready for a challenge. Poetry is not easy, and it never has been for me, but there are wonders of delight hidden between these pages for the eager student.
In the classroom, I would love to focus on a specific poet from this collection for a week or so, diving into each of their poems. Perhaps we could pick one per person to study for a day, then rotate. Feb 18, Addie Haughey rated it liked it. I was revisiting some old reads on my bookshelf recently and spent some time on this one. I found myself skipping most of the men and focusing in on the female poets, who are somewhat underrepresented in this collection. Nov 03, Rachel Weeks rated it really liked it.
We didn't read this book cover to cover for class, but we read enough that I'm counting it. Work the system. Oct 16, Megan Wahman rated it did not like it. Feb 12, Molly Nelson rated it did not like it. A great exposition on the modern infatuation with garbage.
Jun 22, Laura Beasley rated it really liked it. Skimmed several. Found a few poems I liked. Will reread sometime. Aug 05, Annyun rated it really liked it.
A book of amazing poems but lacks representation of people of colour. Merlin, James Wright, Charles Simic and Berryman form a second tier, with the others following with fewer pages. Publication dates range from to The introduction by editor J. McClatchy provides an excellent overview. Each poet gets a short biographical note. A bibliography and acknowledgments appear at the end.
I gave it a 3-star rating because I think it suffers by h 65 poets with 3 to 7 poems each; some poets are given more representation, namely Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop. I gave it a 3-star rating because I think it suffers by having too many poets and consequently too few poems by most of the group.
The Houghton-Mifflin Contemporary American Poetry 3rd edition, covers some of the same ground but with only 40 poets and offering many more poems by each one.
Oct 03, M. Sana rated it liked it Recommends it for: Poets. Recommended to M. This is an awesome book to keep in your library and read a little bit at a time, if you don't read poetry but write it.
It presents different styles of contemporary poetry and you could really learn a lot from it. Also, it has an introduction on each poet before their style is presented. It was a required text and I read parts of it Spring 07 in a creative writing class, then Fall 07 it was required in my poetry class and I read most of it After th This is an awesome book to keep in your library and read a little bit at a time, if you don't read poetry but write it.
After the class was over, I finished reading it as I played around with different styles of poetry writing. It really helped. If you like poetry, real poetry and not Hallmark card poetry, you'll like this!
Nov 02, Aeisele rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Doesn't know a thing about Victorian poetry. This is a pretty good collection, edited by J.
There's a ton of good anthologies, but this one has a good smattering of the best American poets after the modern era the "Pound Era," as it were. Good collection. Apr 13, Izlinda rated it liked it Shelves: poetry , for-college. Because the book store ordered the wrong book most of us, myself included, got photocopies from our teacher's copy.
In a way, that ruined my pleasure of using this book, even though we did save money in the end since we didn't read many poems to make it worth buying. I found it an alright anthology. Or upcoming majors, anyway. Favorite discoveries: W. Snodgrass and Ed Hirsch. Mar 15, Nathanimal marked it as finish-later Shelves: poems.
I don't know crap about poetry. Really, it's all blah blah blah to me at this point. But I think I'd like to get to know it better, so if you have any recommendations of some book or poet I might dig, let me know. Jun 19, Sarah rated it it was amazing. This was my first poetry anthology, and it has traveled around the world with me. I have read it so many times that it is now in two distinct halves. This was my first introduction to Sharon Olds, and the poem "The Glass. Sep 02, Shelby Rollenhagen rated it liked it.
This collection is worth reading and offers great examples of stylistic control and technique, but from a visceral standpoint, I don't like a lot of the poems in it.
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