A Community Writing Itself: Conversations with Vanguard Writers of the Bay Area (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781564785848)

A Community Writing Itself features internationally respected writers Michael Palmer, Nathaniel Mackey, Leslie Scalapino, Brenda Hillman, Kathleen Fraser, Stephen Ratcliffe, Robert Glu ck, and Barbara Guest, and important younger writers Truong Tran, Camille Roy, Juliana Spahr, and Elizabeth Robinson. The book fills a major gap in contemporary poetics, focusing on one of the most vibrant experimental writing communities in the nation. The writers discuss vision and craft, war and peace, race and gender, individuality and collectivity, and the impact of the Bay Area on their work.

Author: Sarah Rosenthal
ISBN-10: 156478584X
ISBN-13: 9781564785848
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2010
Pages: 366
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.60w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 236