Imaginary Poets

Name: Imaginary Poets
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ISBN: 9781932195200

ISBN-10: 1932195203

ISBN-13: 9781932195200

Edition: 2005

Authors: Alan Michael Parker

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Twenty-two notable poets (including Andrew Hudgins, Maxine Kumin, David St. John, and Mark Strand) offer translations of a poem by a poet they find significant, along with a short biography of the poet and an essay. But there's a surprise-the poet and poem presented are invented by the book's 22 contributors! The Imaginary Poets presents exceptional work from major poets who delight in assuming a whole new persona. But the book's ultimate goal is to explore the nature of creativity: What is it to make a poem? To make up a poet? To "translate" a work-is that rewriting or writing? What about translating a work that never existed? What does it mean if you create the creator? In the tradition…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Tupelo Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/31/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682

Introduction	p. vii
Aliki Barnstone as Eva Victoria Perera	p. 1
Josh Bell as Saurah Joan Mao	p. 9
Laure-Anne Bosselaar as Anne-Maelle Mathieu	p. 21
Martha Collins as Hoi An	p. 29
Annie Finch as Rose Elbow Souris	p. 33
Judith Hall as J II	p. 41
Barbara Hamby as Gertrude of Brandenburg	p. 47
Jennifer Michael Hecht as Kisaru Gashe	p. 51
Garrett Hongo as Casey Shigemitsu	p. 55
Andrew Hudgins as Alan Lutiy	p. 61
David Kirby as Kevnor	p. 67
Maxine Kumin as Greta Schoenemann-Licht	p. 75
Khaled Mattawa as Tafida Zeinhum	p. 81
D.A. Powell as Joao Pudim	p. 87
Kevin Prufer as Wen Bo	p. 93
Anna Rabinowitz as Hekenus	p. 99
Victoria Redel as Tzadie Rackel	p. 107
David St. John as Jean-Phillipe Dariens	p. 113
Mark Strand as Marin K.	p. 119
Thom Ward as Jan DeKeerk	p. 127
Rosanna Warren as Anne Verveine	p. 135
Eleanor Wilner as Irena Zupanik	p. 141
Contributors' Biographies	p. 145
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