Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation
Brett Fletcher Lauer, Lynn Melnick, introduction by Carolyn Forché
This anthology brings together 100 poems by young poets in the United States, presenting many personal viewpoints and observations. The selections span a multicultural range of experiences, with poems that can be intimate, unsettling, image-rich, and surprising. Across the collection, the poems address varied subjects and offer many different ways into contemporary American poetry. The anthology emphasizes the breadth and diversity of its poets and the distinct perspectives represented in their work.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
