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Sparks from the Anvil: The Smith College Poetry Interviews
Contributor(s): McEwen, Christian (Editor)
ISBN: 0872331946     ISBN-13: 9780872331945
Publisher: Bauhan Pub
OUR PRICE:   $22.50  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: May 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | American - General
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
- Biography & Autobiography
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2015005176
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 320 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Sparks from the Anvil: The Smith College Poetry Interviews is a collection of discussions with contemporary poets, ranging from established elders like W.S. Merwin and Maxine Kumin to dazzling newcomers like Aracelis Girmay and the Dickman brothers, Matthew and Michael. In conversation with Christian McEwen, they describe their habitual writing practice, influences, and development, as well as their sense of the American poetry scene, and whatever else comes up in the course of a long, thoughtful, richly meandering exchange.

The sixteen interviewed poets are:

Annie Boutelle
Matthew Dickman
Michael Dickman
Patrick Donnelly
Rita Dove
Nikky Finney
Aracelis Girmay
Edward Hirsch

Jane Hirshfield
Yusef Komunyakaa
Maxine Kumin
Gwyneth Lewis
W.S. Merwin
Patricia Smith
Chase Twichell
Jean Valentine


Contributor Bio(s): McEwen, Christian: - Christian McEwen is a writer, educator, workshop facilitator, and cultural activist. Since leaving New York City twenty years ago, she has edited two anthologies and produced a video documentary, Tomboys!, and a play, Legal Tender: Women and the Secret Life of Money. Her book, World Enough and Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down (Bauhan 2011), is now in its sixth printing and is also available in an audio format. Her most recent collection is Sparks from the Anvil: the Smith College Poetry Interviews, Bauhan 2015). Christian grew up in the borders of Scotland and now lives in western Massachusetts.