Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (515 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1584980060 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 457 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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by Reginald Shepherd City Of Men, Sels. A. Bronk The Wall by William M. White Taken To A Room by James L. White Oshi by James L. To Play Father In Film by Dennis Cooper My Past by Dennis Cooper Some Whore by Dennis Cooper Teen Idol by Dennis Cooper Seeing All The Vermeers by Alfred Dewitt Corn Against The See-through Plastic Curtain Of The West by Christopher Davis The Knower Of The Field by Christopher Davis Nod by Christopher Davis Noli Me Tangere by Christopher Davis The Pseudo-homosexual by Christopher Davis Sangre De Cristo by Christopher Davis Why Not Pleasure The Bigot's Body by Christopher Davis At First Sight, Not Pollock, Kline Scared by Edwin Denby Neighbor Sneaks Refuse To My Roof by Edwin Denby The Subway by Edwin Denby Summer by Edwin Denby Venice by
"Gay Poetry--But Not All That Poetic or Gay?" according to Infovoyeur. Webster's says "poetry" is concentrated imaginative language. And "gay" would relate to minority-group experience? I don't see very much high poetic quality here, nor explicit references to gay perspectives (not just sexuality, but "diversity" of viewpoints).Oh, some a. Creme de la creme A Customer Fresh as an oyster in December, these poems slide deliciously down the throat and leave one hungry for more. The big names are all here: Allen Ginsberg, Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, John Ashberyalong with some tender young voices that seem to have stepped fully-formed a. D.A. Powell fan To answer the other New Orleanian's question: D.A. Powell is an incredible young poet, An Iowa graduate, who has published two books of which i know, Tea, and his new one, Lunch, which isn't as good over all but which contains probably my two favorite poems of his, "[M
Arranged in order of the poets' birthdates, so that the book shades gradually from older luminaries of the poetry scene to bright newcomers, the work here forms a sparkling composite picture of gay poetic sensibility in the U.S. Including Ashbery, Auden, Brainard, Bronk, Duncan, Denby, Doty, Elmslie, Ginsberg, Gunn, Killian, Koestenbaum, Lansing, Mead, Merrill, O'Hara, Phillips, Schuyler, Shurin, Spicer, Wieners, and Williams.. Poetry. Edited by Timothy Liu, himself an accomplished poet (VOX ANGELICA, SAY GOODNIGHT), the formidable anthology WORD OF MOUTH covers a vast range of work by twentieth-century gay American poets. LGBT Studies