5 Rachel Blau DuPlessis on H.D., “Sea Rose” (1916)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Divya Victor on Walt Whitman, Canto 11 from “Song of Myself” (1855) 7
5. 2 Rae Armantrout on Emily Dickinson, “The Brain—is Wider than the Sky” (c. 1862) 11
6. 3 Ron Silliman on Gertrude Stein, “A Carafe, that is a Blind Glass” (1914) 15
7. 4 Bob Perelman on Robert Frost, “Mending Wall” (1914) 18
8. 5 Rachel Blau DuPlessis on H.D., “Sea Rose” (1916) 23
9. 6 Yosuke Tanaka on Ezra Pound, “The Encounter” (1916) 27
10. 7 Christian Bök on Marcel Duchamp and Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, “Fountain” (1917) 30
11. 8 Tonya Foster on Claude McKay, “If We Must Die” (1919) 34
12. 9 Lytle Shaw on Wallace Stevens, “The Snow Man” (1921) 38
13. 10 Julia Bloch on William Carlos Williams, “The rose is obsolete” (1923) 42
14. 11 Jennifer Scappettone on Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, “XRAY” (1924) 47
15. 12 Craig Dworkin on Bob Brown, from GEMS (1931) 52
16. 13 Rodrigo Toscano on Genevieve Taggard, “Interior” (1935) 57
17. 14 Mark Nowak on Ruth Lechlitner, “Lines for an Abortionist’s Office” (1936) Close here 61
18. 15 Robert Fitterman on Mina Loy, “The Song of the Nightingale Is Like the Scent of Syringa” (c. 1944) 65
19. 16 Davy Knittle on Allen Ginsberg, “A Supermarket in California” (1955) 69
20. 17 Jake Marmer on Bob Kaufman, from “Jail Poems” (1960) 74
21. 18 Danny Snelson on Jackson Mac Low, “Call me Ishmael” (1960) 78
22. 19 Fred Wah on Robert Creeley, “I Know a Man” (1962) 82
23. 20 Marjorie Perloff on Frank O’Hara, “Poem (Khrushchev is coming on the right day!)” (1964) 86
24. 21 Aldon Lynn Nielsen on Langston Hughes, “Dinner Guest: Me” (1965) 92
25. 22 Sina Queyras on Sylvia Plath, “Lady Lazarus” (1965) 97
26. 23 Herman Beavers on Gwendolyn Brooks, “Boy Breaking Glass” (1967) 104
27. 24 Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué on Barbara Guest, “20” (1968) 109
28. 25 Tyrone Williams on Amiri Baraka, “Incident” (1969) 114
29. 26 Sarah Dowling on Lorine Niedecker, “Foreclosure” (1970) 118
30. 27 Michael Davidson on Larry Eigner, “birds the” (1970) 122
31. 28 Christie Williamson on Tom Leonard, “Jist Ti Let Yi No” (c. 1974) 126
32. 29 Laynie Browne on Bernadette Mayer, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1976) 130
33. 30 Charles Bernstein on Lyn Hejinian, from My Life (1980) 134
34. 31 Al Filreis on Cid Corman, “It isnt for want” (1982) 140
35. 32 Adam Fitzgerald on John Ashbery, “Just Walking Around” (1984) 144
36. 33 Stephen Collis on Susan Howe, from My Emily Dickinson (1985) 148
37. 34 Nick Montfort on Rosmarie Waldrop, “A Shorter American Memory of the Declaration of Independence” (1988) 152
38. 35 Eileen Myles on James Schuyler, “Six Something” (1990) 156
39. 36 Simone White on Erica Hunt, “the voice of no” (1996) 159
40. 37 Mónica de la Torre on Erica Baum, from Card Catalogues (1997) 164
41. 38 erica kaufman on Joan Retallack, “Not a Cage” (1998) 168
42. 39 Lyn Hejinian on Lydia Davis, “A Mown Lawn” (2001) 173
43. 40 Elizabeth Willis on Rae Armantrout, “The Way” (2001) 177
44. 41 Sharon Mesmer on Michael Magee, from “Pledge” (2001) 181
45. 42 Rachel Zolf on Eileen Myles, “Snakes” (2001) 187
46. 43 Edwin Torres on Anne Waldman, “Rogue State” (2002) 193
47. 44 Amber Rose Johnson on Harryette Mullen, “Elliptical” (2002 198
48. 45 Jena Osman on Caroline Bergvall, “VIA” (2003) 202
49. 46 Imaad Majeed on Charles Bernstein, “In a Restless World Like This Is” (2004) 211
50. 47 Bernadette Mayer on Laynie Browne, “Sonnet 123” (2007) 215
51. 48 Douglas Kearney on Tracie Morris, “Africa(n)” (2008) 218
52. 49 Tracie Morris on Jayne Cortez, “She Got He Got” (2010) 222
53. 50 Erica Hunt on Evie Shockley, “a one-act play” (2017) 226
54. List of Contributors 231
55. Index 245