Title: Word of Mouth
First published: March 11, 2003
Description: Starting in 1995, NPR's All Things Considered began presenting poets reading their own works.  Introduced by "poetry DJ" Catherine Bowman, these popular short segments allowed listeners to experience poetry as a kind of verbal music, recalling its roots as a spoken art form.  Word of Mouth, edited by Bowman, brings together the poems that have been featured on NPR, providing a window onto the dynamic contemporary poetry scene. A child playing with flashes of sunlight in the aisle of an airplane; a woman describing tropical fruit to someone in a faraway country; a man building a deck with his dead father's hammer; the musings of a Barbie doll participating in a 12-step program: these poems powerfully and lyrically transform the stuff of every day life. A celebration of the poetic voice that includes 33 acclaimed writers, this vibrant anthology proves beyond any doubt that poetry is far more than just words on paper.Quincy Troupe  -  Czeslaw Milosz  - Campbell McGrath  -  C.D. Wright   -  Jack Gilbert  - Heather McHugh  -  David Lehman  - Wang Ping  -  Joseph Brodsky  -  Paul Beatty  -  Lorna Dee Cervantes  -  Paul Muldoon  -  Lucille Clifton  - Naomi Shihab Nye  -  Richard Blanco  -  Albert Goldbarth  -  Carrie Allen McCray  -  Belle Waring  -  Russell Edson  -  Kevin Young  -  Nuali Di Dhomhnaill  -  Charles Harper Webb  -  Denise Duhamel  - Yusef Komunyakaa  -  Hal Sirowitz  -  Lucia Perillo -  Amy Gerstler  -  Maura Stanton  -  Marilyn Chin  -  Philip Booth  -  Jane Cooper  -  Diane DiPrima  -  Elizabeth SpiresFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
Subjects: Fiction, Poetry