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letters to poets conversations about poetics politics and community
letters to poets honors and commemorates the hundredth anniversary of rilkes letters to a young poet by partnering a selection of 14 of the countrys leading contemporary poets with 14 emerging poets and documenting their correspondences . these poets challenge the hierarchies and pitfalls endemic to the mentoring process and ask some of the days toughest most vital questions concerning race class and gender . spanning a range of not only generations but cultural aesthetic and economic backgrounds these diverse pairings both challenge and support each other artistically and politically . the result is in turns dramatic enlightening and entertaining . br contributors include anselm berrigan & john yau brenda coultas & victor hernandez cruz truong tran & wanda coleman patrick pritchett & kathleen fraser hajera ghori & alfred arteaga jennifer firestone & eileen myles karen weiser & anne waldman jill magi & cecilia vicuna rosamond s. king & jayne cortez judith goldman & leslie scalapino traci gourdine & quincy troupe brenda iijima & joan retallack dana teen lomax & claire braz valentine albert flynn desilver & paul hoover br
paperback saturnalia books 2008 isbn13 9780975499085 isbn10 0975499084
abridged n isbn 13 9780975499085 number in series 1 number of pages 347 publisher saturnalia books release date 62135769600000