"These portraits speak to each other and to us with the voice of poetry. Margaretta's mastery of the language of photography gives us insight into the poetic personae. The gestures bring meaning to the idea of poetry as originally spoken. What a fascinating series of faces!"--Ruth Bernhard ""The Face of Poetry" is the ideal companion for any and every reader of contemporary poetry. The brilliant selections by Zack Rogow are consistently wise, eclectic, and diverse-both stylistically and ethnically-and Margaretta K. ...
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"These portraits speak to each other and to us with the voice of poetry. Margaretta's mastery of the language of photography gives us insight into the poetic personae. The gestures bring meaning to the idea of poetry as originally spoken. What a fascinating series of faces!"--Ruth Bernhard ""The Face of Poetry" is the ideal companion for any and every reader of contemporary poetry. The brilliant selections by Zack Rogow are consistently wise, eclectic, and diverse-both stylistically and ethnically-and Margaretta K. Mitchell's masterly photographs of the poets are simply revelations. The Face of Poetry offers a luminous and complex portrait of American poetry at the height of its powers."--David St. John, author of "THE FACE: A Novella in Verse"
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Very close to fine and bright pictorial glossy stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Includes the CD in its back cover jacket. Profusely illustrated with photographs of the poets, full page and black and white with representative work.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Fine. Book University Of California Press, 2005. First Printing. Fine. Very clean First Printing (full number line) trade paperback with CD still in original sealed clear container at rear of book. Cover of book is clean, no chipping, creasing or wear; binding is tight, all pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with marvelous black and white photo portraits of the poets by Margaretta K. Mitchel. Foreword by Robert Hass. 354 pages with index. Includes the work of poets like Ishmael Reed, Quincy Troupe, John Ashbery, Robert Pinsky, Marilyn Hacker, Robert Hass and many more.
