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The strangest of theatres : poets writing across borders / edited by Jared Hawkley, Susan Rich and Brian Turner.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Poets in the world
- Poets in the World
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Collection Prose.
- Poets--Travel.
- Poets.
- Poetry--Authorship.
- Poetry.
- Poetry, Modern--21st century--Collections.
- Poetry, Modern.
- Travel.
- Poets--Prose--21st century.
- Genre:
- Collections.
- Physical Description:
- 464 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Strangest of theaters
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : McSweeneys Books, [2013]
- Summary:
- The Strangest of Theatres explores how poets who are willing to venture beyond our borders can serve as envoys to the wider world and revitalize American poetry in the process. What are they looking for when they leave? What do they find? How does their experience shape them, and what is revealed when they sit down at their desks and take up the pen? Original and reprinted essays by contemporary poets who have spent time abroad address questions of estrangement, identity, and home. These reflections represent a diverse atlas of experience from authors such as Kazim Ah, Elizabeth Bishop, Naomi Shihab Nye, Nick Ffynn, Yusef Komunyakaa, Claudia Rankine, Alissa Valles, and many others. Following these literary reflections is a roundtable conversation among fourteen poets as well as a section that provides practical resources for finding work abroad, applying for fellowships and residencies, funding a trip, obtaining proper travel documents, and attending to other cultural considerations. This inspiring, useful book addresses concerns relevant to any American writer preparing to go abroad, already traveling, just returning, or simply learning of the faraway. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- New Cartographies: The Poet in the World
- Poets Crossing Borders / Kazim Ali Ali, Kazim 27
- Astral Summer / Katharine Coles Coles, Katharine 51
- Field Poet / Nick Flynn Flynn, Nick 55
- Thirteen Ways of Working in a War Zone / Eliza Griswold Griswold, Eliza 59
- What Is the Wind: The Changing, Unchanging Gertrude Stein / Jared Hawkley Hawkley, Jared 63
- The Door of Return / Yusef Komunyakaa Komunyakaa, Yusef 73
- Poetry Peddler / Naomi Shihab Nye Nye, Naomi Shihab 85
- Called Home on the Road / Claudia Rankine Rankine, Claudia 99
- Solitary: Spending a Fulbright Year in South Africa / Susan Rich Rich, Susan 109
- By Touch / Alissa Valles Valles, Alissa 129
- Beyond the Page: A Glance Back
- Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil / Ashley Brown Brown, Ashley 137
- An Interview with Elizabeth Bishop / Ashley Brown Brown, Ashley 153
- Emergence / Carolyn Forché Forché, Carolyn 171
- The World Is Large and Full of Noises: Thoughts on Translation / Jane Hirshfleld Hirshfleld, Jane 183
- Glimpses of Vietnamese Life / Denise Levertov Levertov, Denise 211
- Living in Machado / Philip Levine Levine, Philip 229
- Flight Home / W.S. Merwin Merwin, W.S. 277
- The Antilles: Fragments of Epic Memory / Derek Walcott Walcott, Derek 289
- Improvisations: The Poem as Journey / Charles Wright Wright, Charles 307
- A Bookshop, a Fishing Boat, a Trek Through the Andes 327
- A Roundtable of Poets Who've Lived Abroad / Elizabeth Austen Austen, Elizabeth, Derick Burleson Burleson, Derick, Gregory Dunne Dunne, Gregory, Karen Finneyfrock Finneyfrock, Karen, Kathleen Graber Graber, Kathleen, Garth Greenwell Greenwell, Garth, Adrie Kusserow Kusserow, Adrie, Sandra Meek Meek, Sandra, Aimee Nezhukumatathil Nezhukumatathil, Aimee, Jacquelyn Pope Pope, Jacquelyn, Srikanth Reddy Reddy, Srikanth, Emily Ruch Ruch, Emily, Donna Stonecipher Stonecipher, Donna, Katharine Whitcomb Whitcomb, Katharine
- How to Write Your Way Out of the Country / Catherine Barnett Barnett, Catherine, Rachel Galvin Galvin, Rachel, Brandon Lussier Lussier, Brandon
- Opportunities for Traveling, Living, and Working Abroad 401
- Fellowships, Grants, and Scholarships 404
- International Writing Residencies 413
- Literary Translation Opportunities 421
- Literary Festivals 423
- Teaching English 429
- Job Opportunities Abroad 435
- Volunteerism 436
- Additional Resources 441
- Traveling Abroad: A Checklist 442
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues Abroad 448
- Political Awareness for Travelers 449
- Travelers Who Have Disabilities 450
- Medical Care While Abroad 451.
- Notes:
- "Consulting editor, Catherine Barnett."
- ISBN:
- 9781938073274
- 1938073274
- 1938073266
- 9781938073267
- OCLC:
- 796758942
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