More Truly and More Strange: 100 Contemporary American Self-Portrait Poems

Our rampant selfie-taking moment (via Snapchat, Tinder, and YouTube, e.g.) showcases what American poetry has expressed for centuries: a national impulse for self-portraiture. This stylish anthology collects astonishing self-portrait poems--brilliantly divided into smart, revealing sections--from the mid-twentieth century through today.

By experiencing the various ways that our greatest poets re-render and distort themselves, we see America's glorious struggle with defining itself. John Ashbery, Stephanie Burt, Lucie Brock-Broido, Natalie Diaz, Rita Dove, Jorie Graham, Terrance Hayes, Donika Kelly, Gregory Pardlo, Sylvia Plath, Carl Phillips, Mark Strand, Tracy K. Smith, Natasha Tretheway, Charles Wright, and many others.

Author: Lisa Russ Spaar
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Persea Books
Published: 09/08/2020
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780892555062