Bettering American Poetry 2015

by Amy King

Book Overview

We feel that to "better" American poetry is to jam dominant systems of taste to the best of our abilities, and to resignify the very phrase "American poetry" with the languages that it so desperately lacks. We intend to center voices of resistance, subjectivities that emerge from the radical margins, artists whose Americanness transcends nationalism and other borders, perspectives historically denied institutional backing--in short, poets and poetries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692830901
• ISBN13: 9780692830901
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Bettering Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 9.3"