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PublisherUniversity Press of Colorado

ISBN-100874215978

ISBN-139780874215977

eBay Product ID (ePID)44410339

Product Key Features

Book TitlePoets on Place

Number of Pages312 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAnthologies (Multiple Authors), General, Poetry, American / General, United States / General, Subjects & Themes / General

Publication Year2005

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Travel, Poetry

AuthorW.T. Pfefferle

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-028467

Reviews"Poets on Place is an extraordinary and unique collection of interviews with American poets. Collected with intelligence and wit by W. T. Pfefferle on his cross-country travels, these interviews on the importance of place and landscape in poetry---better than any anthology of poetry or prose I can think of---exhibit the profound richness and dazzling diversity of American poetry and its poets." --David St. John, from his foreword

Dewey Decimal811.540932

Table Of ContentForeword 000Introduction 000Wherein We Begin Life on the Road 1James Harms - Morgantown, West Virginia 000Landscape as the Latest Diet (Southern California) 000David Citino - Columbus, Ohio 000Through a Glass, Darkly 000Martha Collins - Oberlin, Ohio 000Linda Gregerson - Ann Arbor, Michigan 000Richard Tillinghast - Ann Arbor, Michigan 000Wake Me in South Galway 000Winnie Cooper 000Orlando Ricardo Menes - South Bend, Indiana 000Mark Strand - Chicago, Illinois 000A Morning 000Karen Volkman - Chicago, Illinois 000Lisa Samuels - Milwaukee, Wisconsin 000Marvin Bell - Iowa City, Iowa 000Port Townsend, Washington, Waterside 000Dust, Corn, and Popcorn People 000Michael Dennis Browne - Minneapolis, Minnesota 000from At the Cabin 000David Allan Evans - Brookings, South Dakota 000David Romtvedt - Buffalo, Wyoming 000With Caitlin, Age 8, Building a Qhuinzee for a Winter Night 000The West 000Sandra Alcosser - Lolo, Montana 000Mare Frigoris 000Robert Wrigley - Moscow, Idaho 000Ordinary Magic 000Nance Van Winckel - Liberty Lake, Washington 000Awaiting the Return Ferry 000Christopher Howell - Spokane, Washington 000Wherein the Author Ruminates on RV Life 000Mark Halperin - Ellensburg, Washington 000Accident 000Jana Harris - Sultan, Washington 000Mr. Elija Welch, First Planting 000Sam Hamill - Port Townsend, Washington 000The Day I Did Winnie Cooper Wrong 000Barbara Drake - Yamhill, Oregon 000from The Man from the Past Visits the Present 000Floyd Skloot - Amity, Oregon 000A Warming Trend 000Suddenly in California 000Ralph Angel - South Pasadena, California 000Carol Muske-Dukes - Los Angeles, California 000Twin Cities 000David St. John - Venice, California 000Dijon 000Sharon Bryan - San Diego, California 000Death Valley 000Donald Revell & Claudia Keelan - Las Vegas, Nevada 000A Parish in the Bronx 000Alberto Rios - Chandler, Arizona 000Richard Shelton - Tucson, Arizona 000Local Knowledge 000Jane Miller - Tucson, Arizona 000#15 from A Palace of Pearls 000New Year 000William Wenthe - Lubbock, Texas 000Alien 000Naomi Shihab Nye - San Antonio, Texas 000Pause 000Peter Cooley - Jefferson, Louisiana 000Miller Williams - Fayetteville, Arkansas 000RV Life 2 000Beth Ann Fennelly - Oxford, Mississippi 000from The Kudzu Chronicles 000Natasha Trethewey - Decatur, Georgia 000South 000Denise Duhamel - Hollywood, Florida 000Valentines, Hollywood Beach 000Campbell McGrath - Miami Beach, Florida 000Terrance Hayes - Columbia, South Carolina 000Threshold 000Alan Shapiro - Chapel Hill, North Carolina 000Bower 000Nikki Giovanni - Blacksburg, Virginia 000Charles Wright - Charlottesville, Virginia 000High Country Spring 000Choosing 000Rita Dove - Charlottesville, Virginia 000The House on Bishop Street 000Henry Taylor - Bethesda, Maryland 000Harvest 000Dave Smith - Baltimore, Maryland 000Gaines Mill Battlefield 000Nicole Cooley - Glen Ridge, New Jersey 000Unfinished Sketch: Green Sandbox Winter Sky 000David Lehman - New York, New York 000April 9 000The City So Nice They Named It Twice 000Lucie Brock-Broido - New York, New York 000Michael S. Harper - Providence, Rhode Island 000C. D. Wright - Barrington, Rhode Island 000from The Ozark Odes 000Mark Wunderlich - Provincetown, Massachusetts 000Elevation 000James Cummins - Cincinnati, Ohio 000Spring Comes to Hamilton Avenue 000Frederick Smock - Louisville, Kentucky 000Heron 000Mark Jarman - Nashville, Tennessee 000Nashville Moon 000Carl Phillips - St. Louis, Missouri 000Driveway 000Scott Cairns - Columbia, Missouri 000Mud Trail 000Elizabeth Dodd - Manhattan, Kansas 000Sonnet, Almost 000Jonathan Holden - Manhattan, Kansas 000Pigs 000Bin Ramke - Denver, Colorado 000Kenneth Brewer - Logan, Utah 000Paisley Rekdal - Salt Lake City, Utah 000Ode 000Wherein the Author Considers the End 000Endpiece 000Gas Giant 000

SynopsisOut to see America and satisfy his travel bug, W. T. Pfefferle resigned from his position as director of the writing program at Johns Hopkins University and hit the road to interview sixty-two poets about the significance of place in their work. The lively conversations that resulted may surprise with the potential meanings of a seemingly simple concept. This gathering of voices and ideas is illustrated with photo and word portraits from the road and represented with suitable poems. The poets are James Harms, David Citino, Martha Collins, Linda Gregerson, Richard Tillinghast, Orlando Ricardo Menes, Mark Strand, Karen Volkman, Lisa Samuels, Marvin Bell, Michael Dennis Browne, David Allan Evans, David Romtvedt, Sandra Alcosser, Robert Wrigley, Nance Van Winckel, Christopher Howell, Mark Halperin, Jana Harris, Sam Hamill, Barbara Drake, Floyd Skloot, Ralph Angel, Carol Muske-Dukes, David St. John, Sharon Bryan, Donald Revell, Claudia Keelan, Alberto Rios, Richard Shelton, Jane Miller, William Wenthe, Naomi Shihab Nye, Peter Cooley, Miller Williams, Beth Ann Fennelly, Natasha Trethewey, Denise Duhamel, Campbell McGrath, Terrance Hayes, Alan Shapiro, Nikki Giovanni, Charles Wright, Rita Dove, Henry Taylor, Dave Smith, Nicole Cooley, David Lehman, Lucie Brock-Broido, Michael S. Harper, C. D. Wright, Mark Wunderlich, James Cummins, Frederick Smock, Mark Jarman, Carl Phillips, Scott Cairns, Elizabeth Dodd, Jonathan Holden, Bin Ramke, Kenneth Brewer, and Paisley Rekdal., Out to see America and satisfy his travel bug, W. T. Pfefferle resigned from his position as director of the writing program at Johns Hopkins University and hit the road to interview sixty-two poets about the significance of place in their work. The lively conversations that resulted may surprise with the potential meanings of a seemingly simple concept. This gathering of voices and ideas is illustrated with photo and word portraits from the road and represented with suitable poems. The poets are James Harms, David Citino, Martha Collins, Linda Gregerson, Richard Tillinghast, Orlando Ricardo Menes, Mark Strand, Karen Volkman, Lisa Samuels, Marvin Bell, Michael Dennis Browne, David Allan Evans, David Romtvedt, Sandra Alcosser, Robert Wrigley, Nance Van Winckel, Christopher Howell, Mark Halperin, Jana Harris, Sam Hamill, Barbara Drake, Floyd Skloot, Ralph Angel, Carol Muske-Dukes, David St. John, Sharon Bryan, Donald Revell, Claudia Kellan, Alberto Rios, Richard Shelton, Jane Miller, William Wenthe, Naomi Shihab Nye, Peter Cooley, Miller Williams, Beth Ann Fennelly, Natasha Trethewey, Denise Duhamel, Campbell McGrath, Terrance Hayes, Alan Shaprio, Nikki Giovanni, Charles Wright, Rita Dove, Henry Taylor, Dave Smith, Nicole Cooley, David Lehman, Lucie Brock-Broido, Michael S. Harper, C.D. Wright, Mark Wunderlich, James Cummins, Frederick Smock, Mark Jarman, Carl Phillips, Scott Cairns, Elizabeth Dodd, Jonathan Holden, Bin Ramke, Kenneth Brewer, and Paisley Rekdal.

LC Classification NumberPS325