Breaking the Jaws of Silence: Sixty American Poets Speak to the World

by Sholeh Wolpé

Through the support of PEN Center USA, Iranian American poet and translator Sholeh Wolp has brought together sixty American poets to address the world through poems that not only meditate on the principles of freedom, justice, and tolerance but also boldly and directly address specific countries. Natasha Trethewey, Robert Bly, Rita Dove, Yusef Komunyakaa, Galway Kinnell, Philip Levine, Carolyn Forch , Billy Collins, Jorie Graham, Naomi Shihab Nye,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557286299
• ISBN13: 9781557286291
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"