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Civil
Disobediences: Poetics and Politics in Action
Edited by Anne Waldman and Lisa Birman
As
cultural absurdities, apathy-inspiring ambient noise,
and political and ecological disasters threaten the
21st-century world, art’s role in engaging society
and coalescing dissent becomes more apparent and more
urgent. Civil Disobediences offers a manual for
understanding poetry’s history and enacting its
ultimate power to dismantle and recreate political and
cultural realities.
Composed
of essays, lectures, and teaching materials by leading
contemporary poets and scholars, this anthology explores
the craft of poetry as well as the history of poetic/political
action in the US and abroad, the development of ancient
and modern poetic forms, the legacy of world-renowned
poets, and the intersections between poetry and spirituality.
It also provides concrete advice about bringing poetry
into your local community and ensuring that “poetry
is news that stays news.”
Contributors:
Helen Adam, Ammiel Alcalay, Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan,
Lisa Birman, Robin Blaser, Reed Bye, Jack Collom, Robert
Creeley, Beverly Dahlen, Samuel R. Delany, Steve Dickison,
Robert Duncan, Michael du Plessis, kari edwards, Marlowe
Fawcett, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Alan Gilbert, Allen
Ginsberg, James Grauerholz, Barbara Guest, Bobbie Louise
Hawkins, Anselm Hollo, Laird Hunt, Robert Hunter, Pierre
Joris, Joanne Kyger, Laura Mullen, Eileen Myles, Kai
Nieminen, Alice Notley, Akilah Oliver, Douglas Oliver,
Michael Ondaatje, James Oughton, Max Regan, Sonia Sanchez,
Edward Sanders, Eleni Sikelianos, Gary Snyder, Cole
Swensen, Arthur Sze, Steven Taylor, Roberto Tejada,
Lorenzo Thomas, Anne Waldman, Peter Warshall, Peter
Lamborn Wilson
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by Anne Waldman:
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