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Books : The Before Columbus Foundation Poetry Anthology: Selections from the American Book Awards 1980-1990

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.5408
EAN: 9780393030563
ISBN: 0393030563
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 429
Publication Date: 1992-01
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company




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This landmark volume collects a decade's worth of work from the American Book Awards, and in the process redefines our sense of what constitutes the "mainstream" of American poetry. Includes the work of more than 50 poets on a wide range of themes, diction and geographical origins.



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Wonderful View of Alternate Voices in American Poetry
This book is quite simply one of the best ways to see a complete picture of what America is by way of poetry. Even though the selected poetry is obviously limited to the Before Columbus Foundation Book Awards, the selections are wonderful. This fact only validitates the necessity and power of the book series and the extremely woderful editing of the anthology. What's more, the editors take turns in introducing the poets and their poetry.

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