false 4073016 1 <B>This spirited anthology of contemporary American poetry focuses on the new poem&#151;the hybrid&#151;a synthesis of traditional and experimental styles.</B><BR><BR>As Cole Swensen argues in the introduction to this comprehensive new anthology, the long-acknowledged "fundamental division" between experimental and traditional is disappearing in American poetry in favor of hybrid approaches that blend trends from accessible lyricism to linguistic exploration. The focus in <I>American Hybrid</I> is on the blend; the more than seventy poets featured here&#151;including Jorie Graham, Albert Goldbarth, and Lyn Hejinian&#151;have found new and often unique ways to reconfigure the innumerable and sometimes conflicting voices of the past thirty years. The editors have crafted short introductory essays on each of the poets in the anthology, providing biographical backgrounds and positioning them within the current of contemporary poetry. This new anthology is essential reading for those who care about the present moment&#151;and the future&#151;of American verse. 4120163 30 3 2009 American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry total:51|5:21|4:14|3:9|2:5|1:2| 51 200 146 21 2 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 10:27:51 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 11:12:10 -0700 2009 Experiment for Experiment's Sake.

I only got through 2/3 of the book (has to go back to my local library) but what I did read was very mixed. My chief concern with this anthology is how it breaks down the tensions in United States Poetry to a "fundamental divis...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 13 09:44:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:26:05 -0700 2009
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I'm hardly a connoisseur of poetry. Off the top of my head, I cannot tell you the difference between free verse and blank verse. I don't know the romantics, and I've no real idea what the New York school is. I've taken literature courses, but not ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 25 15:13:25 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 15:26:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Tue Jun 23 13:19:40 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 13:30:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 08:42:39 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 10:09:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 11:52:21 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 11:56:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 06:25:41 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 06:42:27 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 15:11:22 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 15:20:15 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 05:41:15 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 05:43:29 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 20:48:43 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 20:56:17 -0700 2009 2 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 09:16:09 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 09:16:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 16 09:48:41 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 09:49:32 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Tue May 26 20:17:11 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 20:17:49 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 22 12:12:40 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 12:14:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 08:25:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 21 12:52:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 11:23:53 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 20:20:06 -0700 2009
Well, I only got about halfway through this collection before returning it to the library--and based on what I read, I'd give it about 3 1/4 stars.

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