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The Monkey & the Wrench: Essays into Contemporary Poetics<\/i>\u00a0takes a snapshot of a moving target: the ever-shifting conversation about today\u2019s poetry. The ten essays in this collection offer reflections and insights, practical advice for craft matters, and provocative points of departure for those who read and write poetry.<\/p>\n

Contents<\/i>
\nRobert Archambeau<\/b>, \u201cThe Discursive Situation of Poetry\u201d
\nElisa Gabbert<\/b>, \u201cThe Moves: Common Maneuvers in Contemporary Poetry\u201d
\nMichael Dumanis<\/b>, \u201cAn Aesthetics of Accumulation: On the Contemporary Litany\u201d
\nStephen Burt<\/b>, \u201cCornucopia, or, Contemporary American Rhyme\u201d
\nBenjamin Paloff<\/b>, \u201cI Am One of an Infinite Number of Monkeys Named Shakespeare\u201d
\nElizabeth Robinson<\/b>, \u201cPersona and the Mystical Poem\u201d
\nDavid Kirby<\/b>, \u201cA Wilderness of Monkeys\u201d
\nMichael Theune et al.,\u00a0<\/b>\u201cHybrid Aesthetics and its Discontents\u201d
\nCole Swensen<\/b>, \u201cResponse to Hybrid Aesthetics and its Discontents\u201d
\nJoy Katz<\/b>, \u201cGoodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye: Notes on the Ends of Poems\u201d<\/p>\n

About the authors<\/h3>\n
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Mary Biddinger<\/h4>\n

Mary Biddinger is the author of the poetry collection\u00a0Prairie Fever<\/i>, and the chapbook\u00a0Saint Monica<\/i>. She is the editor of the Akron Series in Poetry, and co-editor of\u00a0Barn Owl Review<\/i>. Biddinger is an Associate Professor of English at The University of Akron, and directs the NEOMFA: Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts consortium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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John Gallaher<\/h4>\n

John Gallaher is the author of four books of poetry, most recently\u00a0Map of the Folded World<\/i>, and\u00a0Your Father on the Train of Ghosts\u00a0<\/i>(with G. C. Waldrep). He’s currently co-editor of\u00a0The Laurel Review<\/i>\u00a0and lives in rural Missouri.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Essays into Contemporary Poetics<\/h4>\n

by Mary Biddinger, John Gallaher<\/h3>\n

Pages: 176; Size: 6″ x 9″
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