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Giving their word : conversations with contemporary poets / [compiled by] Steven Ratiner.

Van Pelt Library PS325 .G58 2002
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Ratiner, Steven.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Poets, American--20th century--Interviews.
Poets, American.
Poets.
Poetry, Modern.
American poetry--20th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
American poetry.
Poetry, Modern--20th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Poets--20th century--Interviews.
Poetry--Authorship.
Poetry.
Genre:
Interviews.
Physical Description:
xiii, 268 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2002]
Contents:
William Stafford: opening the moment
Mary Oliver: a solitary walk
John Montague: poetry and the common work
Charles Simic: the toy of language
Seamus Heaney: the words worth saying
Donald Hall: the work that makes a home
Maxine Kumin: new life in the barn
Carolyn Forché: the poetry of witness
Martín Espada: poetry and the burden of history
Marge Piercy: the communal voice
Rita Dove: a chorus of voices
Bei Dao: reclaiming the word
Donald Hall: without and within.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268).
ISBN:
1558493573
OCLC:
49249810

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