The News from Poems: Essays on the 21st-Century American Poetry of Engagement

by Jeffrey Gray and Ann Keniston

The News from Poems examines a subgenre of recent American poetry that closely engages with contemporary political and social issues. This "engaged" poetry features a range of aesthetics and focuses on public topics from climate change, to the aftermath of recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to the increasing corporatization of U.S. culture.

The News from Poems brings together newly commissioned essays by eminent poets and scholars...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472053183
• ISBN13: 9780472053186
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"