An Introduction to the Prose Poem

This anthology collects classic prose poets alongside younger poets and under-appreciated practitioners of the genre. With an innovative structure (organized by compositional strategy), a useful introduction, and instructive headnotes, An Introduction to the Prose Poem clears a new path for general readers, students, and instructors interested in exploring the "ramshackle and unexpected... thoroughfare" [Campbell McGrath] of a hard-to-define genre. With work by over 140 poets and translators, including Pablo Neruda, Margaret Atwood, Russell Edson, Charles Simic, John Ashbery, Carolyn Forche, Christian Bok, Robert Bly, Maxine Chernoff, James Tate, Miroslav Holub, John Yau, Fanny Howe, James Wright, James Schuyler, Jorge Luis Borges, Denise Duhamel, Frank Bidart, Tom Andrews, Peter Johnson, Nin Andrews, Christopher Buckley, Cornelius Eady, Joe Brainard, Matthew Dickman, Allen Ginsberg, Brenda Hillman, Francis Ponge, Max Jacob, Gabriella Mistral, David Ignatow, Louis Jenkins, George Kalamaras, Rachel Loden, Morton Marcus, William Matthews, Campbell McGrath, W. S. Merwin, Amjad Nasser, Amy Newman, John Olson, N. Scott Momaday, and many others.