[New-Poetry] Re: ANNOUNCING A NEW RELEASE FROM WAVE BOOKS: State of the Union: 50 Politica...

[Chris Stroffolino]

Ah, "Political Poetry"
       I remember the poem I wrote not long after 9/11 and put it out  
on this list, and so many people thought I was being so insensitive.  
It's sad that 4 or 5 and 6 years later, people finally agree with  
much of what I said in that poem.
       And now here's this anthology, just in time for the new  
election....


C
On Sep 1, 2008, at 12:57 PM, JforJames at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 9/1/2008 3:41:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
> info at wavepoetry.com writes:
> Dear Friends and Supporters of Wave Books,
>
> We are pleased to introduce to you a timely and significant volume of
> poetry from Wave Books: State of the Union: 50 Political Poems, an
> anthology co-edited by Joshua Beckman and Matthew Zapruder, featuring
> the work of a dynamic gathering of fifty contemporary American poets.
>
> AVAILABLE NOW:
> STATE OF THE UNION: 50 POLITICAL POEMS
>
> As we traverse this time of heightened social and political
> engagement, State of the Union offers a spectrum of poems that enact
> and catalyze the critical and imaginative thinking necessary in
> responding to the complexity of the time.
>
> The anthology features work by John Ashbery, James Tate, Fanny Howe,
> Anselm Berrigan, Eileen Myles, Terrance Hayes, Albert Goldbarth,
> Catherine Wagner, Tao Lin, Michael Palmer, Lucille Clifton, Joe
> Wenderoth, John Yau, Richard Siken, CAConrad, Rebecca Wolff, Peter
> Gizzi, Juliana Spahr, Wang Ping among many others.
>
> As we continue to be arrested by William Carlos Williams's utterly
> timeless forewarning---that "It is difficult / to get the news from
> poems / yet men die miserably every day / for lack / of what is found
> there"---we turn, ritually and reflexively, to poems.
>
> Visit State of the Union here: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog/66
>
> In September and October, Wave Books is co-sponsoring and organizing
> a series of readings nationwide in conjunction with, and in the
> spirit of, State of the Union, with readings in Berkeley, Chicago,
> New York City, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. For information and
> updates on these readings, as well as related events and ephemera,
> please visit the Wave Books Calendar here:
>
> http://www.wavepoetry.com/calendar
>
> Or State of the Union's Facebook page here:
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/State-of-the-Union-50-Political-Poems/ 
> 35721701420?ref=ts
>
>
> Stay tuned to the Wave Books website for information about a
> forthcoming blog of political and poetic discourse, PoetryPolitic: A
> Blog in 50 Days, which will run from September 15th through November
> 4th.
>
> ALSO AVAILABLE:
> JOHN GODFREY'S CITY OF CORNERS
>
> "While others are busy catching their own reflection in the
> storefront of poetry, Godfrey goes to work on the damage and squalor
> of the overlooked. His genius rings true." (Peter Gizzi).
>
> Visit City of Corners here: http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog/65
>
> FORTHCOMING TITLES
>
> Stay tuned for announcements on the softcover release of James Tate's
> Dreams of a Robot Dancing Bee and Charles Borkhuis's translation of
> Franck Andre Jamme's New Exercises.
>
> SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
>
> There is still time to get all of our 2008 titles in one fell swoop!
> Please read the following for complete information:
>
> SOFTCOVER SUBSCRIPTION: SIX BOOKS FOR $50
> http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog/64
>
> HARDCOVER SUBSCRIPTION: LIMITED EDITIONS FOR $295
> http://www.wavepoetry.com/catalog/63
>
> Thank you all for your continued support, and happy September to you.
>
>
> Brandon Shimoda
> Director of Marketing, Wave Books
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