A Community Writing Itself: Conversations with Vanguard Writers of the Bay Area

by Sarah Rosenthal (Editor)

Overview

A Community Writing Itself features internationally respected writers Michael Palmer, Nathaniel Mackey, Leslie Scalapino, Brenda Hillman, Kathleen Fraser, Stephen Ratcliffe, Robert Glück, and Barbara Guest, and important younger writers Truong Tran, Camille Roy, Juliana Spahr, and Elizabeth Robinson. The book fills a major gap in contemporary poetics, focusing on one of the most vibrant experimental writing communities in the nation. The writers discuss vision and craft, war and peace, race and gender, individuality and collectivity, and the impact of the Bay Area on their work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781564786203
Publisher:	Deep Vellum Publishing
Publication date:	04/06/2010
Series:	Dalkey Archive Scholarly
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	420
File size:	441 KB

About the Author

Sarah Rosenthal has taught creative writing at San Francisco State University and Santa Clara University, and is a recipient of grant-supported residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Soul Mountain, and the Ragdale Foundation.

Editorial Reviews

Sarah Rosenthal’s interviews with some of the most engaging and important American poets of the time, all working in the Bay Area, provide vivid commentary on the state of the art and some of the most useful commentary available on the work of each individual writer.

Charles Bernstein