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The Vintage book of contemporary American poetry Item Preview. EMBED for wordpress. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jan 07, Eddie rated it it was amazing.
This book has some old favorites, but it also turned me on to some amazing poets I hadn't known before. A fantastic anthology if you like poetry--and who doesn't like poetry?
Apr 07, Will rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: poets, pirates. Shelves: poetry. We used this book in my first poetry class and despite my expanding collection of these authors' collected works, I still enjoy leafing through them here. I reckon I wouldn't know nothin' if'n I ain't a read this pack 'o pomes. Jul 01, Holly rated it liked it Shelves: poetry. While this collection does cover a wide swath of poets it seems to have been edited by someone who was going through a bitter divorce.
All the poems about relationships are bitter or, at best, bittersweet. No complaints about those selections either, but sometimes I turn to poetry to find words for my happiness and couldn't find them here. Best for a bleaker mood, I guess. Dec 16, Rachel Jorquera rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites , challenge , poetry , anthologies. Such a great collection of poets. I Absolutely loved reading the original introduction by McClatchy, and the updated forward from him as well.
Really well rounded group of poets, a great mix of classics and lesser known. Dec 19, Bill rated it it was amazing Shelves: literary-poetry.
A large collection of poetry mostly from the 30's's. Each port is introduced with brief biographies that are often way too infected with pseudo-literary show-offy writer's workshop leader blather.
Some of the poems are wonderful. I have not read poetry in decades and this was a great way to get a feel for the landscape. Oct 01, Brian rated it it was amazing. I was wrong. This stuff is essential. Thank the Good Lord for poets and hip-hop artists for their artistry with the language. Dec 08, Adam rated it liked it Shelves: poetry.
I found the Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry through one of my cooperating teachers who recommended I read this collection of poems. The collection covers 75 poets, so it is tough to pick one to emphasize just how amazing this collection really is.
The collection is arranged by poets, with a short biography on their lives followed by a collection of their most significant poems. Usually there are 7 or 8 poems but depending on length there may be only 4 or 5. Some of the poems I absol I found the Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry through one of my cooperating teachers who recommended I read this collection of poems. Some of the poems I absolutely loved on my first read and found I had a pretty good understanding of.
Other poems I had to read several times over and over again, and still found I was rather confused by their content and meaning. I guess that is the nature of poetry. The poets I really enjoyed reading include Donald Justice, W. Merwin, Robert Pinsky, and James Wright. This is because these poems tend to focus on death and reality, real emotional things that I can grasp and contemplate.
Some poets in this collection were just too out there for me, or a little too dated. I am sure there is a hidden layer to this, but the meaning is right there in the title. The title says it is about a fish, but is it really about the fish, or something else entirely? I thought including my favorite poets would help. I would recommend this book to older readers, high school students who are ready for a challenge. Poetry is not easy, and it never has been for me, but there are wonders of delight hidden between these pages for the eager student.
In the classroom, I would love to focus on a specific poet from this collection for a week or so, diving into each of their poems. Perhaps we could pick one per person to study for a day, then rotate. Feb 18, Addie Haughey rated it liked it. I was revisiting some old reads on my bookshelf recently and spent some time on this one. I found myself skipping most of the men and focusing in on the female poets, who are somewhat underrepresented in this collection.
Nov 03, Rachel Weeks rated it really liked it. We didn't read this book cover to cover for class, but we read enough that I'm counting it.
Work the system. Oct 16, Megan Wahman rated it did not like it. Feb 12, Molly Nelson rated it did not like it. A great exposition on the modern infatuation with garbage. Jun 22, Laura Beasley rated it really liked it.
Skimmed several. Found a few poems I liked. Will reread sometime. Aug 05, Annyun rated it really liked it. A book of amazing poems but lacks representation of people of colour. Merlin, James Wright, Charles Simic and Berryman form a second tier, with the others following with fewer pages. Publication dates range from to The introduction by editor J. McClatchy provides an excellent overview. Each poet gets a short biographical note. A bibliography and acknowledgments appear at the end.
I gave it a 3-star rating because I think it suffers by h 65 poets with 3 to 7 poems each; some poets are given more representation, namely Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop. I gave it a 3-star rating because I think it suffers by having too many poets and consequently too few poems by most of the group.
The Houghton-Mifflin Contemporary American Poetry 3rd edition, covers some of the same ground but with only 40 poets and offering many more poems by each one. Oct 03, M. Sana rated it liked it Recommends it for: Poets. Recommended to M. This is an awesome book to keep in your library and read a little bit at a time, if you don't read poetry but write it. It presents different styles of contemporary poetry and you could really learn a lot from it.
Also, it has an introduction on each poet before their style is presented. It was a required text and I read parts of it Spring 07 in a creative writing class, then Fall 07 it was required in my poetry class and I read most of it After th This is an awesome book to keep in your library and read a little bit at a time, if you don't read poetry but write it.
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