The University of Wisconsin Press
Poetry
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Vital
Signs The selections in this anthology represent the full range and vitality of contemporary American poetry—from minimalism to epic, from free verse to traditional form, from plain conversation to richly embroidered tapestry, form passionate political utterance to intense personal drama, from light verse to tough lyricism. Since 1950 university presses have published more than 900 volumes of original poetry , opening the canon to a wide range of rich and exciting voices. Nearly 200 of the those volumes are represented here. Vital Signs features poems by such well established poets as John Ashbery, Marge Piercy, Adrienne Rich, and James Wright. Because the presses have also played a role in discovering and promoting the work of new poets, the reader will find here poems by many younger writers as well. Ronald Wallace is the author of People
and Dog in the Sun, Tunes for Bears to Dance To, and God
Be With the Clown: Humor in American Poetry. He is Professor
of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at the
University of Wisconsin—Madison. Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@wwwtest.uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.) |
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