Between Water and Song
New Poets for the Twenty-First Century
Published on 15. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
978-1-935210-07-8 (ISBN)
Description
"Here are poems from a new generation of writers who honor the magnetic fields of the real; who feel and think with full and open-eyed passion; who focus heat as the magnifying glass focuses sun: until the paper catches. Read them."-Jane Hirshfield This anthology includes new work by an intriguing and culturally diverse group of fifteen poets, born after 1960, including Ruth Forman, Ilya Kaminsky, Malena Morling, Kevin Goodan, Jay Leeming, Terrance Hayes, Luljeta Lleshanaku, Sherwin Bitsui, Maria Melendez, Valzhyna Mort, Eugene Gloria, Brian Turner, Joshua Poteat, Maurice Manning, and Chris Abani. Editor Norman Minnick is the author of To Taste the Water.
Reviews / Votes
"Here are poems from a new generation of writers who honor the magnetic fields of the real; who feel and think with full and open-eyed passion; who focus heat as the magnifying glass focuses sun: until the paper catches. Read them." -- Jane HirshfieldMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Buffalo
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-935210-07-8 (9781935210078)
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Person
Mr. Minnick lives in Indianapolis, with his wife and two young children. He was formerly the coordinator of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series at Butler University. He is the author of To Taste the Water. He earned his M.F.A. from the creative writing program at Florida International University in Miami.in 2001.