Reading the Difficulties: Dialogues with Contemporary American Innovative Poetry

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Reading the Difficulties Modern and ConteMporary poetiCs Series Editors Charles Bernstein Hank Lazer Series Advisory Board Maria damon rachel Blau duplessis alan Golding susan Howe nathaniel Mackey Jerome McGann Harryette Mullen aldon nielsen Marjorie perloff Joan retallack ron silliman Jerry Ward Reading the Difficulties Dialogues with contemporary American innovative Poetry edited by Thomas Fink and Judith Halden-sullivan the University of alabama press Tuscaloosa Copyright © 2014 The University of alabama press tuscaloosa, alabama 35487-0380 all rights reserved Manufactured in the United states of america typeface: Minion and Gill sans Cover art: Thomas Fink, Reading the Difficulties, 11" x 14". acrylic on canvas, 2012 Cover design: todd Lape / Lape designs ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of american national standard for information sciences—permanence of paper for printed Library Materials, ansi Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publication data reading the difficulties : dialogues with contemporary american innovative poetry / edited by Thomas Fink and Judith Halden-sullivan. pages cm. — (Modern and Contemporary poetics) includes bibliographical references. isBn 978-0-8173-5752-8 (quality paper : alk. paper) — isBn 978-0-8173-8720-4 (e book) 1. american poetry—History and criticism. 2. poetics. 3. poetry—explication. 4. discourse analysis, Literary. i. Fink, Thomas, 1954– editor of compilation. ii. Halden-sullivan, Judith, 1955– editor of compilation. ps305.r43 2014 811.009—dc23 2013020494 ...