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- Coming After: Essays on Poetry
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Michigan Press
- Series: Poets on Poetry
summary
Coming After gathers critical pieces by acclaimed poet Alice Notley, author of Mysteries of Small Houses and Disobedience.
Notley explores the work of second-generation New York School poets and their allies: Ted Berrigan, Anne Waldman, Joanne Kyger, Ron Padgett, Lorenzo Thomas, and others. These essays and reviews are among the first to deal with a generation of poets notorious for their refusal to criticize and theorize, assuming the stance that "only the poems matter." The essays are characterized by Notley's strong, compelling voice, which transfixes the reader even in the midst of professional detail. Coming After revives the possibility of the readable book of criticism.
Notley explores the work of second-generation New York School poets and their allies: Ted Berrigan, Anne Waldman, Joanne Kyger, Ron Padgett, Lorenzo Thomas, and others. These essays and reviews are among the first to deal with a generation of poets notorious for their refusal to criticize and theorize, assuming the stance that "only the poems matter." The essays are characterized by Notley's strong, compelling voice, which transfixes the reader even in the midst of professional detail. Coming After revives the possibility of the readable book of criticism.
Table of Contents
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- Part 1. Poets
- 1. O'Hara in the Nineties
- pp. 3-14
- 2. Joanne Kyger's Poetry
- pp. 15-26
- 3. Ron Padgett's Visual Imagination
- pp. 27-40
- 4. Hollo's Corvus
- pp. 41-51
- 5. Elmslie's Routine Disruptions
- pp. 52-56
- 6. Eileen Myles in Performance
- pp. 57-66
- 7. A Certain Slant of Sunlight
- pp. 67-82
- 8. Iovis Omnia Plena
- pp. 83-94
- 10. Douglas Oliver's New York Poem
- pp. 108-116
- Part 2. Topics
- 12. American Poetic Music at the Moment
- pp. 131-146
- 14. Thinking and Poetry
- pp. 158-166
- 15. Women and Poetry
- pp. 167-170
- 16. The "Feminine" Epic
- pp. 171-180
- Acknowledgements
- pp. 181-182
Additional Information
ISBN
9780472026241
Related ISBN(s)
9780472068593, 9780472098590
MARC Record
OCLC
615635584
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No