What Persists

Selected Essays on Poetry from the Georgia Review, 1988-2014
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-8203-4931-2
Verlag: University of Georgia Press

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: Georgia Review Books

What Persists contains eighteen of the nearly fifty essays on poetry that Judith Kitchen published in The Georgia Review over a twenty-five-year span. Coming at the genre from every possible angle, this celebrated critic discusses work by older and younger poets, most American but some foreign, and many of whom were not yet part of the contemporary canon. Her essays reveal a cultural history from the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, through 9/11 and the Iraq War, and move into today’s political climate. They chronicle personal interests while they also make note of what was happening in contemporary poetry by revealing overall changes of taste, both in content and in the use of craft. Over time, they fashion a comprehensive overview of the contemporary literary scene.

At its best, What Persists shows what a wide range of poetry is being written—by women, men, poets who celebrate their ethnicity, poets who show a fierce individualism, poets whose careers have soared, promising poets whose work has all but disappeared.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kitchen, Judith

Über Autor(innen)

Judith Kitchen is the author of many books, including Perennials, Writing the World: Understanding William Stafford and Only the Dance. She also edited and co-edited four collections of nonfiction, including In Short, In Brief and Short Takes and The Poets Guide to the Birds. Kitchen's essays have appeared in countless literary magazines, including Prairie Schooner, Colorado Review, Great River Review and The Georgia Review. Her awards include two Pushcart Prizes for an essay, the Lillian Fairchild Award for her novel, the Anhinga Prize for poetry, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.