American Diaspora: Poetry of Displacement

by Virgil Suárez and Ryan G. Van Cleave

Book Overview

Diaspora constitutes a powerful descriptor for the modern condition of the contemporary poet, the spokesperson for the psyche of America. The poems in American Diaspora; Poetry of Displacement focus... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877457476
• ISBN13: 9780877457473
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Wow--Loved this book!

As most anthologies inevitably have, there are a few poems here that don't speak to me, but the rest just floor me. I love this book. Great stuff, Suarez and Van Cleave. Good, solid choices.

I bought this book for a class, but . . .

it was delightful. I'm not even a fan of poetry, but this is the only book I didn't sell back this semester. I was surprised by how powerful so many of the poems were. Really a good book, one of the best I've read in awhile.

Great tool for teaching students about poetry

This is an exceptional anthology for teaching students about contemporary poetry, and the experience of being exiled. I can't believe such a book finally exists. It makes my job easier as a teacher of English where the poetry lesson has always been such a hard-fought battle to win. I highly recommend it to all teachers (9th-College).