American Diaspora: Poetry of Displacement - Softcover

Cleave, Ryan G. Van

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877457476 ISBN 13: 9780877457473

Publisher: University of Iowa Press, 2001

Synopsis

Diaspora constitutes a powerful descriptor for the modern condition of the contemporary poet, the spokesperson for the psyche of America. The poems in American Diaspora; Poetry of Displacement focus on the struggles and pleasures of creating a home-physical and mental-out of displacement, exile, migration, and alienation. To fully explore the concept of diaspora, the editors have broadened the scope of their definition to include not only the physical act of moving and immigration but also the spiritual and emotional dislocations that can occur-as for Emily Dickinson and other poets - even in a life spent entirely in one location. More than one hundred and thirty contemporary poets reflect and mediate, rage and bless, as they tell their own stories. In short, this is an anthology of American poetry that draws upon the sensitivity, tenderness, rebelliousness, patience, and spirituality that point to the future of our nation.

About this title

About the Author:

Virgil Suarez, professor of ereative writing at Florida State University, is the author of many books, most recently a collection of poetry entitled In the Republic of Longing. Ryan Van Cleave has edited three poetry anthologies and is the author of Say Hello. He is the Anastasia C. Hoffman Poetry Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Institute for Creative Writing.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0877457476
• ISBN 13: 9780877457473
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Suarez Virgil, Cleave Ryan G.Van