New Long Poem Anthology

The long poem, nowadays, is the talk of various discourses with each other. The singing talker.AK"A poem is a small painting, a long poem is a mural."AKAKThe second edition of The New Long Poem Anthology is an irreplaceable roadmap of a vital and powerful poetic form, a record of the most seductive and sustained 'singing talk' in postmodern Canadian writing. Edited by Sharon Thesen, this collection of long poems, longer works, sequential poems, extended poems, serial, lengthy or longish poems extend the geography of postmodern Canadian poetry as it was laid out in 1979, exemplifying Michael Ondaatje's early observation that "the most interesting work being done by poets today can be found within the structure of the long poem."AKAKWith a statement of poetics and short bibliography from each author, the second edition of The New Long Poem Anthology includes work by:AKAKAnne CarsonAKChristopher DewdneyAKLisa RobertsonAKJeff DerksonAKDon McKayAKErin MoureAKPatrick FriesenAKSteve McCafferyAKGeorge BoweringAKDionne BrandAKLouis DudekAKDiana HartogAKRoy KiyookaAKRobert KroetschAKDaphne MarlattAKDavid McFaddenAKBarry McKinnonAKbpNicholAKMichael OndaatjeAKLola Lemire TostevinAKFred WahAKPhyllis WebbAKRobin BlaserAKYolande VillemaireAKAKAKAK--------------------------------------------------------------------------------AKAKAKISBN 0-88922-438-0; $29.95 Canada / $24.95 U.S.A.AKAK©2000; 384 ppAKAKAKAK--------------------------------------------------------------------------------AKAKAKInformation on Ordering TalonbooksThesen, Sharon is the author of 'New Long Poem Anthology', published 2001 under ISBN 9780889224384 and ISBN 0889224382.