The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them

The variety of contemporary American poetry leaves many readers overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephen Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, he presents 60 poems, each with an original essay explaining how the poem works, why it matters, and how it speaks to other parts of art and culture.

• | Author: Stephanie Burt
• | Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: September 12, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 432 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0674737873
• | ISBN-13: 9780674737877