State of the Union: 50 Political Poems Contributor(s): Beckman, Joshua (Editor), Zapruder, Matthew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1933517336 ISBN-13: 9781933517339 Publisher: Wave Books OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Political Science | American Government - General - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
Dewey: 811.008 |
LCCN: 2008019025 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.7" W x 7.6" (0.35 lbs) 144 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From rough optimism to sharp criticism, fifty American poets present new work dissecting the current political climate in America. Wide-ranging writers bring their bold voices to this collection, including Eileen Myles, Matthew Rohrer, Rebecca Wolff, Terrance Hayes, Joe Wenderoth, and Tao Lin. "Walking by Hope Street" Look at the landscape,A lot of damage, no? But we are here together, And of needing me, here The world needs me, We are too alone. And what of our orange daylight, Growing darker as the lamplit Trees grow dark. There Is not enough to say. But our hands, our gentle Frozen hands sift through Things like numbers out of breath. It will all be okay, I promise. Promise who? Promise the faded land. --Noelle Kocot "Literary Agency" Coretta ScottKing has died, the other day. Dream unrealized. Lost and found, lost again, bathos my motivation my Elysian dream. The place inside untutored, incorruptible, without relation. That's something to hold onto, and uncontingency dressing the wound. That's sad and just "what it is." It is what it is. That's what I say when I can't bear the news. --Rebecca Wolff |