THE POEM IS YOU

Contemporary American poetry has plenty to offer new readers, and plenty more for those who already follow it. Yet its difficulty?an d sheer variety?leaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephen Burt sets out to help. Beginning i n the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, Burt canvasses American poetry of the past four decades, from the headline-making urgency of Claudia Rankines Citizen to the stark pathos of Louise Glück, the limitless energy of Juan Felipe Herrera, and the eroti c provocat...[Leer más]