poets, american

A collection of poems from various authors that have appeared in "Poetry" magazine since the publication's origin in 1912.

Profiles nineteenth-century American hymn writer Fanny Crosby discussing her songs and her work with New York City's rescue missions. Draws on primary sources which include thousands of unpublished Crosby manuscripts. Also includes over two dozen black-and-white photographs.

Provides an account of the author's life growing up in mid-century Brooklyn as the Jewish-Arabic child of an Iraqi father and Syrian mother. Explores his artistic awakening in the context of his Sephardic community. Compares the tension between the Arab and Jewish nations to the tensions in his family and within himself.

Presents cross-referenced, alphabetically arranged entries on the poets, works, and topics that shape twentieth-century poetry, providing close readings of poems, historical and biographical context, bibliographies, and coverage of topics related to publication and reception, as well as further-reading lists in each entry.