num_pages: 288
description: "Walk on the Wild Side," the first anthology to plumb the maze of American urban life, gives us the city in all its ethnic, economic, religious, political, sexual, intellectual. Poet and novelist Nicholas Christopher has chosen 115 poems from sixty poets, representing more than twenty cities. These are not just poems "about" cities, or with the city as subject; they filter and radiate the diversity and vitality of today's cities, from the electric night of New York to the sun-blanked sprawl of Los Angeles, from the factories of Pittsburgh to the waterfront of New Orleans. A kinetic mix of new voices and established writers, "Walk on the Wild Side" presents the timeless themes of poetry through the prism of our unique urban experience.
language: English
title: Walk On The Wild Side
titlecomplete: Walk On The Wild Side
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Touchstone