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Poets on Poetry
 

General Editors: Annie Finch and Marilyn Hacker
Founding Editor: Donald Hall

Poets on Poetry collects critical works by contemporary poets, gathering together the articles, interviews, and book reviews by which they have articulated the poetics of a new generation.

[Main Series page]
 

1. 

All the Rage (1998)
William Logan

Cloth     978-0-472-09631-2     $57.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06631-5     $14.95T     Available

 
 

2. 

AMERIFIL.TXT (1997)
A Commonplace Book
Douglas Crase

Paper     978-0-472-06636-0     $19.95T     Available

 
 

3. 

The Answers Are Inside the Mountains (2003)
Meditations on the Writing Life
William Stafford, Edited by Paul Merchant & Vincent Wixon

Cloth     978-0-472-09854-5     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06854-8     $17.95T     Available

 
 

4. 

The Art of Poetry (1997)
Kenneth Koch

Paper     978-0-472-06605-6     $18.95T     Available

 
 

5. 

Atlas (2008)
Selected Essays, 1989-2007
Alfred Corn

Cloth     978-0-472-07050-3     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-05050-5     $22.95T     Available

 
 

6. 

A Ballet for the Ear (1983)
Interviews, Essays, and Reviews
John Logan

Paper     978-0-472-06336-9     $17.95T     Available

 
 

7. 

Bardic Deadlines (1999)
Reviewing Poetry, 1984-95
Geoffrey O'Brien

Cloth     978-0-472-09683-1     $57.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06683-4     $14.95T     Available

 
 

8. 

Barrier of a Common Language (2003)
An American Looks at Contemporary British Poetry
Dana Gioia

Cloth     978-0-472-09582-7     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06582-0     $16.95T     Available

 
 

9. 

Between the Iceberg and the Ship (1998)
Selected Essays
Anne Stevenson

Cloth     978-0-472-09645-9     $59.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06645-2     $15.95T     Available

 
 

10. 

The Big Question (1995)
David Lehman

Paper     978-0-472-06583-7     $14.95T     Available

 
 

11. 

Blue Notes (2000)
Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries
Yusef Komunyakaa

Cloth     978-0-472-09651-0     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06651-3     $15.95T     Available

 
 

12. 

Body and Soul (2002)
Essays on Poetry
Mark Jarman

Cloth     978-0-472-09802-6     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06802-9     $15.95T     Available

 
 

13. 

The Body of Poetry (2005)
Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
Annie Finch

Cloth     978-0-472-09895-8     $64.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06895-1     $17.95T     Available

 
 

14. 

A Boundless Field (2002)
American Poetry at Large
Stephen Yenser

Cloth     978-0-472-11278-4     $70.00S     Available

 
 

15. 

The Bread of Time (2001)
Toward an Autobiography
Philip Levine

Paper     978-0-472-08625-2     $20.95T     Available

 
 

16. 

The Castle of Perseverance (2002)
Job Opportunities in Contemporary Poetry
Thomas M. Disch

Cloth     978-0-472-09750-0     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06750-3     $16.95T     Available

 
 

17. 

Collected Prose (1984)
Robert Hayden

Paper     978-0-472-06351-2     $25.95S     Available

 
 

18. 

Collected Prose (1983)
James Wright

Paper     978-0-472-06344-4     $17.95T     Available

 
 

19. 

Coming After (2005)
Essays on Poetry
Alice Notley

Cloth     978-0-472-09859-0     $67.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06859-3     $19.95T     Available

 
 

20. 

A Company of Poets (1981)
Louis Simpson

Paper     978-0-472-06326-0     $29.95T     Available

 
 

21. 

A Concert of Tenses (1987)
Essays on Poetry
Tess Gallagher

Paper     978-0-472-06370-3     $15.95T     Available

 
 

22. 

Crossing Unmarked Snow (1998)
Further Views on the Writer's Vocation
William Stafford

Paper     978-0-472-06664-3     $14.95T     Available

 
 

23. 

Curiosities (1990)
William Matthews

Paper     978-0-472-06388-8     $14.95T     Available

 
 

24. 

Dancing at the Devil's Party (2000)
Essays on Poetry, Politics, and the Erotic
Alicia Suskin Ostriker

Cloth     978-0-472-09696-1     $54.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06696-4     $14.95T     Available

 
 

25. 

Death to the Death of Poetry (1995)
Essays, Reviews, Notes, Interviews
Donald Hall

Cloth     978-0-472-09571-1     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06571-4     $14.95T     Available

 
 

26. 

Don't Ask (1981)
Philip Levine

Paper     978-0-472-06327-7     $17.95T     Available

 
 

27. 

Ed Dorn Live (2007)
Lectures, Interviews, and Outtakes
Edward Dorn

Cloth     978-0-472-09862-0     $59.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06862-3     $18.95T     Available

 
 

28. 

Effluences from the Sacred Caves (1984)
More Selected Essays and Reviews
Hayden Carruth

Paper     978-0-472-06349-9     $17.95T     Available

 
 

29. 

Eloquence and Mere Life (1995)
Essays on the Art of Poetry
Alan Williamson

Paper     978-0-472-06568-4     $15.95T     Available

 
 

30. 

Essay on Rime (2003)
with Trial of a Poet
Karl Shapiro

Cloth     978-0-472-09813-2     $35.00T     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06813-5     $15.95T     Available

 
 

31. 

Fables of Representation (2004)
Essays
Paul Hoover

Cloth     978-0-472-09856-9     $59.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06856-2     $17.95T     Available

 
 

32. 

The Failure of Poetry, The Promise of Language (2007)
Laura (Riding) Jackson

Cloth     978-0-472-09957-3     $75.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06957-6     $28.95T     Available

 
 

33. 

First Loves and Other Adventures
Grace Schulman

Cloth     978-0-472-07087-9     $65.00S     Forthcoming
Paper     978-0-472-05087-1     $22.95T     Forthcoming

 
 

34. 

A Fly in the Soup (2000)
Memoirs
Charles Simic

Paper     978-0-472-08909-3     $17.95T     Available

 
 

35. 

Further Requirements (2004)
Interviews, Broadcasts, Statements and Book Reviews, 1952-85
Philip Larkin

Paper     978-0-472-03007-1     $22.95T     Available

 
 

36. 

The Gazer Within (2001)
Larry Levis

Cloth     978-0-472-09718-0     $60.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06718-3     $16.95T     Available

 
 

37. 

Goatfoot Milktongue Twinbird (1978)
Interviews, Essays, and Notes on Poetry, 1970-76
Donald Hall

Paper     978-0-472-40000-3     $19.95T     Available

 
 

38. 

Guns and Boyhood in America (1997)
A Memoir of Growing Up in the 50s
Jonathan Holden

Paper     978-0-472-06643-8     $14.95T     Available

 
 

39. 

Halflife (1989)
Improvisations and Interviews, 1977-87
Charles Wright

Paper     978-0-472-06384-0     $16.95T     Available

 
 

40. 

The Instant of Knowing (1997)
Lectures, Criticism, and Occasional Prose
Josephine Jacobsen

Cloth     978-0-472-09660-2     $29.95T     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06660-5     $17.95T     Available

 
 

41. 

The Line Forms Here (1992)
David Lehman

Cloth     978-0-472-09483-7     $59.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06483-0     $16.95T     Available

 
 

42. 

Living Off the Country (1982)
Essays on Poetry and Place
John Haines

Paper     978-0-472-06333-8     $17.95T     Available

 
 

43. 

The Long Schoolroom (1997)
Lessons in the Bitter Logic of the Poetic Principle
Allen Grossman

Cloth     978-0-472-09637-4     $59.50S     Available

 
 

44. 

Made with Words (1998)
May Swenson

Cloth     978-0-472-09658-9     $34.50T     Available

 
 

45. 

A Martian Muse
Further Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry
Reginald Shepherd

Cloth     978-0-472-07097-8     $60.00S     Forthcoming
Paper     978-0-472-05097-0     $21.95T     Forthcoming

 
 

46. 

Memory Piano (2006)
Charles Simic

Cloth     978-0-472-09940-5     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06940-8     $22.95T     Available

 
 

47. 

Merrill, Cavafy, Poems, and Dreams (2000)
Rachel Hadas

Paper     978-0-472-06719-0     $15.95T     Available

 
 

48. 

The Metaphysician in the Dark (2003)
Charles Simic

Cloth     978-0-472-09830-9     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06830-2     $16.95T     Available

 
 

49. 

Negative Capability (2001)
Contemporary American Poetry
Linda Gregerson

Cloth     978-0-472-09777-7     $60.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06777-0     $15.95T     Available

 
 

50. 

No Evil Star (1985)
Selected Essays, Interviews, and Prose
Anne Sexton

Paper     978-0-472-06366-6     $15.95T     Available

 
 

51. 

On Burning Ground (2009)
Thirty Years of Thinking About Poetry
Sandra M. Gilbert

Cloth     978-0-472-07056-5     $55.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-05056-7     $18.95T     Available

 
 

52. 

Orphan Factory (1998)
Essays and Memoirs
Charles Simic

Paper     978-0-472-06663-6     $15.95T     Available

 
 

53. 

Orpheus in the Bronx (2008)
Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry
Reginald Shepherd

Cloth     978-0-472-09998-6     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06998-9     $18.95T     Available

 
 

54. 

Parti-Colored Blocks for a Quilt (1983)
Marge Piercy

Paper     978-0-472-06338-3     $20.95S     Available

 
 

55. 

The Passionate Spectator (2006)
Essays on Art and Poetry
John Yau

Cloth     978-0-472-09952-8     $59.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06952-1     $18.95T     Available

 
 

56. 

Poems Are Hard to Read (1991)
William Meredith

Paper     978-0-472-06427-4     $16.95T     Available

 
 

57. 

Poetics of Dislocation
Meena Alexander

Cloth     978-0-472-07076-3     $65.00S     Forthcoming
Paper     978-0-472-05076-5     $24.95T     Forthcoming

 
 

58. 

Poetry and Ambition (1988)
Essays 1982--88
Donald Hall

Paper     978-0-472-06387-1     $15.95T     Available

 
 

59. 

Poetry and Consciousness (1998)
C. K. Williams

Cloth     978-0-472-09672-5     $57.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06672-8     $14.95T     Available

 
 

60. 

Poetry and What is Real (2004)
Richard Tillinghast

Cloth     978-0-472-09872-9     $64.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06872-2     $17.95T     Available

 
 

61. 

Poetry at One Remove (2000)
Essays
John Koethe

Cloth     978-0-472-09709-8     $60.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06709-1     $14.95T     Available

 
 

62. 

The Poetry Blues (2001)
Essays and Interviews
William Matthews

Cloth     978-0-472-09773-9     $60.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06773-2     $17.95T     Available

 
 

63. 

The Poetry of Everyday Life (1999)
John Hollander

Cloth     978-0-472-09684-8     $57.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06684-1     $14.95T     Available

 
 

64. 

Poetry's Old Air (1995)
Marianne Boruch

Cloth     978-0-472-09584-1     $60.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06584-4     $16.95T     Available

 
 

65. 

Power and Possibility (2007)
Essays, Reviews, and Interviews
Elizabeth Alexander

Cloth     978-0-472-09937-5     $59.50T     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06937-8     $19.95T     Available

 
 

66. 

Predecessors, Et Cetera (1991)
Essays
Amy Clampitt

Paper     978-0-472-06457-1     $17.95T     Available

 
 

67. 

Quarter Notes (1996)
Improvisations and Interviews
Charles Wright

Cloth     978-0-472-09604-6     $57.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06604-9     $14.95T     Available

 
 

68. 

Required Writing (1999)
Miscellaneous Pieces 1955-1982
Philip Larkin

Paper     978-0-472-08584-2     $22.95T     Available

 
 

69. 

Responsive Reading (1999)
Edward Hirsch

Cloth     978-0-472-09692-3     $57.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06692-6     $14.95T     Available

 
 

70. 

Robert Lowell's Life and Work (1996)
Damaged Grandeur
Richard Tillinghast, Editor

Cloth     978-0-472-09570-4     $54.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06570-7     $13.95T     Available

 
 

71. 

The Route as Briefed (1999)
James Tate

Cloth     978-0-472-09691-6     $57.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06691-9     $14.95T     Available

 
 

72. 

Selected Prose (2004)
John Ashbery

Cloth     978-0-472-11439-9     $29.95T     Available
Paper     978-0-472-03139-9     $19.95T     Available

 
 

73. 

Set in Motion (1997)
Essays, Interviews, and Dialogues
A. R. Ammons

Cloth     978-0-472-09603-9     $60.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06603-2     $14.95T     Available
Ebook Formats     978-0-472-02238-0          Available

 
 

74. 

Shelf Life (1994)
Essays, Memoirs, and an Interview
Thom Gunn

Paper     978-0-472-06541-7     $15.95T     Available

 
 

75. 

Ships Going into the Blue (1995)
Essays and Notes on Poetry
Louis Simpson

Cloth     978-0-472-09559-9     $57.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06559-2     $14.95T     Available

 
 

76. 

So Ask (2002)
Essays, Conversations, and Interviews
Philip Levine

Cloth     978-0-472-09420-2     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06420-5     $15.95T     Available

 
 

77. 

Song for Uncle Tom, Tonto, and Mr. Moto (2002)
Poetry and Identity
David Mura

Cloth     978-0-472-09776-0     $65.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06776-3     $17.95T     Available

 
 

78. 

Soul Barnacles (2000)
Ten More Years with Ray
Tess Gallagher

Cloth     978-0-472-11105-3     $29.95T     Available
Paper     978-0-472-08912-3     $22.95T     Available

 
 

79. 

The Spiral of Memory (1996)
Interviews
Joy Harjo

Cloth     978-0-472-09581-0     $60.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06581-3     $14.95T     Available

 
 

80. 

The Straight Line (2000)
Writing on Poetry and Poets
Ron Padgett

Cloth     978-0-472-09726-5     $60.00S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06726-8     $15.95T     Available

 
 

81. 

Suicides and Jazzers (1993)
Hayden Carruth

Cloth     978-0-472-09419-6     $59.50S     Available

 
 

82. 

Tales Out of School (1994)
Selected Interviews
Robert Creeley

Paper     978-0-472-06536-3     $14.95T     Available

 
 

83. 

Talking All Morning (1980)
Robert Bly

Paper     978-0-472-15760-0     $18.95T     Available

 
 

84. 

To Make a Prairie (1980)
Essays on Poets, Poetry, and Country Living
Maxine Kumin

Paper     978-0-472-06306-2     $20.95S     Available

 
 

85. 

Trying to Explain (1980)
Donald Davie

Paper     978-0-472-06310-9     $15.95T     Available

 
 

86. 

Trying to Say It (1996)
Outlooks and Insights on How Poems Happen
Philip Booth

Paper     978-0-472-06586-8     $14.95T     Available

 
 

87. 

The Uncertain Certainty (1986)
Interviews, Essays, and Notes on Poetry
Charles Simic

Paper     978-0-472-06359-8     $16.95T     Available

 
 

88. 

The Unemployed Fortune-Teller (1995)
Essays and Memoirs
Charles Simic

Cloth     978-0-472-09569-8     $57.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06569-1     $14.95T     Available

 
 

89. 

Walking Down the Stairs (1978)
Selections from Interviews
Galway Kinnell

Paper     978-0-472-52530-0     $15.95T     Available

 
 

90. 

The Weather for Poetry (1983)
Essays, Reviews, and Notes on Poetry, 1977-81
Donald Hall

Paper     978-0-472-06340-6     $17.95T     Available

 
 

91. 

Women and Poetry (1997)
Truth, Autobiography, and the Shape of the Self
Carol Muske

Paper     978-0-472-06624-7     $14.95T     Available

 
 

92. 

Wonderful Words, Silent Truth (1990)
Essays on Poetry and a Memoir
Charles Simic

Cloth     978-0-472-09421-9     $57.50S     Available
Paper     978-0-472-06421-2     $14.95T     Available

 
 

93. 

Words to Create a World (1993)
Daniel Hoffman

Paper     978-0-472-06505-9     $27.95T     Available

 
 

94. 

Working Time (1992)
Essays on Poetry, Culture, and Travel
Jane Miller

Paper     978-0-472-06480-9     $14.95T     Available

 
 

95. 

Writing Like a Woman (1983)
Alicia Ostriker

Paper     978-0-472-06347-5     $16.95S     Available

 
 

96. 

Writing the Australian Crawl (1978)
William Stafford

Paper     978-0-472-87300-5     $14.95T     Available

 
 

97. 

Written in Water, Written in Stone (1997)
Twenty Years of Poets on Poetry
Martin Lammon, Editor

Paper     978-0-472-06634-6     $27.95S     Available

 
 

98. 

You Must Revise Your Life (1987)
William Stafford

Paper     978-0-472-06371-0     $13.95T     Available

 
 
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