The Gift of Tongues: Twenty-five Years of Poetry from Copper Canyon Press

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Edited and introduced by Sam Hamill and with a complete bibliography of poetry published by the Press The Gift of Tongues is drawn from more than 150 books and chapbooks and collects nearly 300 poems by some of the most distinguished poets and translators of the last quarter-century. "Copper Canyon Press is an evangelist for poetry. It has always made books that are aesthetically pleasing and this anthology is no exception. The rich diversity of poets inside from John Balaban to Tom McGrath Carolyn Kizer to Eleanor Wilner celebrates 25 years of sagacious and daring publishing."-Maxine Kumi List of Contributors: Vicente Aleixandre Odysseus Alepoudeli Heather Allen Edgar Anawrok Paul Antschel John Balaban Erin Belieu Marvin Bell Nelson Bentley Stephen Berg David Bottoms Kay Boyle Robert Bringhurst Olga Broumas Gladys Cardiff Hayden Carruth Cyrus Curtis Cassells Thomas Centolella Lucille Clifton Gerald Costanzo Sandor Csoori Michael Cuddihy Richard Dauenhauer Madeline Defrees Hilda Doolittle Terry Ehret Carolyn Forche James Galvin Ken Gerner Patricia Goedicke Susan Griffin John Haines Mark Warren Halperin Sam Hamill Han Shan Han Yu Paul Hansen Gerald Andrews Hausman Robert Hedin Jim Heynen George Parks Hitchcock Gary H. Holthaus Richard Hugo T. E. Jay Richard Jones Jean Joubert Jaan Kaplinski Shirley Kaufman Kawamura Yoichi Ki Joon Carolyn Kizer William Kloefkorn Kwon Pil James Laughlin David Lee Denise Levertov Timothy Liu Barry Lopez Frank R. Maloney Thomas Mcgrath Tim Mcnulty William Stanley Merwin Jane Miller Oscar Vladislas De Lubicz- Milosz James Masao Mitsui Miyoshi Toyochiro Robin Morgan Sheila Bunker Nickerson Ou Yangxiu Mark Pawlak Ezra Pound Belle Randall W. M. Ransom David Ray Tom Rea Kenneth Rexroth David Romtvedt Richard Shelton Maurya Simon Gary Synder Primus St. John Kim Robert Stafford William Stafford Nancy Steele Su Tung-po Robert Sund Karen Swenson Anna Swir Arthur Sze Tao Chien Elaine Terr