Experimental Poetry

The 17 Most Important Poetry Books Of Fall 2010

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Anis Shivani

There's much to be excited about, and these selections give a fair indication of the presses putting out the most important poetry of the day and the degree of vitality of various poetic styles.

Is American Poetry At A Dead-End?

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Anis Shivani

"Is American poetry at a dead-end? Have American poets betrayed the great legacy of modernism? Why or why not?

Grand Theft Poetics

Melissa Broder | Posted 05.25.2011

Melissa Broder

I am a hoarder, a hoarder of nouns. Lately I've been pilfering nouns from 1970s fantasy novels. Words like zenith and demon, vortex and unicorn would ...

Independence Day: 15 Feisty Small Presses And The Books You're Going To Want From Them (PHOTOS)

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Anis Shivani

To celebrate Independence Day, here are 15 small presses that exemplify the best qualities of this publishing tradition--so characteristic of America,...

This is Your Brain on Poetry

Travis Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Travis Nichols

Memory has generated great poems from Simonides, famous for eulogizing ancient Greek nobility, to Coleridge, to the contemporary poets writing an "experiment in collective autobiography," The Grand Piano.