Outside the Lines: Talking with Contemporary Gay Poets

Outside the Lines: Talking with Contemporary Gay Poets
ISBN-10
0472068733
ISBN-13
9780472068739
Series
Outside the Lines
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2005-06-22
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Author
Christopher Hennessy

Description

Outside the Lines gathers interviews with some of the most significant poets in contemporary American poetry. While each poet is gay, these encompassing, craft-centered interviews reflect the diversity of their respective arts and serve as a testament to the impact gay poets have had and will continue to have on contemporary poetics. The book includes fourteen frank, intense interviews with some of America's best-known and loved poets, who have not only enjoyed wide critical acclaim but who have had lasting impact on both the gay tradition as well as the contemporary canon writ large, for example, J.D. McClatchy and Frank Bidart. Some of the most honored and respected poets, still in the middle of their careers, are also included, for example, Mark Doty and Carl Phillips. Each interview explores the poet's complete work to date, often illuminating the poet's technical evolution, emotional growth, probing shifts in theme, and even investigating links between verse and sexuality.

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