Place as purpose : poetry from the western states / edited by Martha Ronk and Paul Vangelisti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ronk, Martha Clare.

Vangelisti, Paul.

Autry Museum of Western Heritage.

Occidental College.

Otis College of Art and Design.

Sun & Moon Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry of places--West (U.S.).

Poetry of places.

American poetry--West (U.S.).

American poetry.

American poetry--20th century.

American poetry--21st century.

Physical Description:

253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Poetry from the western states

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Autry Museum of Western Heritage : Sun & Moon Press, [2002]

Summary:

An anthology of poetry from the groundbreaking Los Angeles event, celebrating contemporary poetry and its place in the landscape of the Literary West. This book documents the gathering, October 10b?"12, 2002, of some 30 poets and critics at three locations: Otis College of Art and Design, Occidental College, and the Autry Museum of Western Heritage.

Among the voices in this volume are Rae Armantrout, Norma Cole, Gillian Conoley, Michael Davidson, Amy Gerstler, Brenda Hilman, Lawson Fusao Inada, Claudia Keelan, Joanne Kyger, Lewis Macadams, Douglas Messerli, Carol Muske-Dukes, Rich Noguchi, Michael Palmer, Bin Ramke, Ishmael Reed, Donald Ravell, Martha Ronk, Jerome Rothenberg, Leslie Scalapino, Nathaniel Tarn, Quincy Troupe, Paul Vangelisti, and Ofelia Zepeda.

Notes:

"Place as Purpose, a celebration of contemporary poetry in the West, October 10-12, 2002, is a first of its kind event for Los angeles. The festival is broadly representative of western geographical areas and types of poetry, with visiting poets reading in the evenings at Otis College of Art and Design, Occidental college, and the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, while daytime events include panel discussions by Los angeles poets and critics ... "--P. 7.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

155713409X

OCLC:

50681895