Cross Worlds : Transcultural Poetics
Subtitle: an Anthology
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781566893589
Subjects: Poetics; Poetry, history and criticism; Poets, biography
Description: "Cross Words refers to cultural hybrids, trans-cultural alliances, and associations. This fascinating compendium documents--in essays, conversations, and Socratic raps--the vital work poets perform when they write across borders. Anne Waldman is the author of more than forty collections of poetry, the editor of numerous anthologies, and, for The Iovis Trilogy, the winner of the Shelley Memorial Award and the USA PEN Center Award for Poetry. She is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Laura E. Wright is a poet, translator, and librarian. With Anne Waldman, she co-edited Beats at Naropa (Coffee House Press, 2009). "--