{"product_id":"the-poem-is-you-60-contemporary-american-poems-and-how-to-read-them","title":"The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them","description":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary American poetry has plenty to offer new readers  and plenty more for those who already follow it. Yet its difficultyand sheer varietyleaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. The critic  scholar  and poet Stephanie Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s  where critical consensus ends  Burt canvasses American poetry of the past four decades  from the headline-making urgency of Claudia Rankines Citizen to the stark pathos of Louise Glck  the limitless energy of Juan Felipe Herrera  and the erotic provocations of D. A. Powell.  The Poem Is You: Sixty Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them is a guide to the diverse magnificences of American poetry today. It presents a wide range of poems selected by Burt for this volume  each accompanied by an original essay explaining how a given poem works  why it matters  and how the poem speaks to other parts of art and culture. Included here are some classroom classics (by Ashbery  Komunyakaa  Hass)  less famous poems by very famous poets (Glck  Kay Ryan)  and poems by prizewinning poets near the start of their careers (such as Brandon Som)  and by others who are notor not yetwell known.  The Poem Is You will appeal to poets  teachers  and students  but it is intended especially for readers who want to learn more about contemporary American poetry but who have not known where or how to start. It describes what American poets have fashioned for one another  and what they can give us today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985856163893,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674737873","price":32.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674737877.jpg?v=1770874258","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-poem-is-you-60-contemporary-american-poems-and-how-to-read-them","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}