Passwords Primeval

by Leuzzi, Tony

• ISBN13: 9781934414958
• ISBN10: 1934414956
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-16
• Publisher: Boa Editions

Summary

Passwords Primevalsets aside the artificial boundaries of poetry "schools" and "movements" to cut to the artof the matter. Tony Leuzzi's astounding knowledge of poetry draws new insights from such luminaries as Billy Collins, Gerald Stern, Jane Hirshfield, Patricia Smith, and Martin Espada. These new interviews provide insights into the poets and their poems without losing any of their mystery. Whether you're looking for deeper understanding of your favorite poets or simply interested in the lives of contemporary artists, Passwords Primevalreveals the interconnectedness of these masters whose voices echo each other from opposite ends of the same canyon. Tony Leuzziis associate professor at Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York. He won the Wesley T. Hanson Award for Teaching Excellence and two grants from the New York State Council on the Arts. For Passwords Primevalhe interviewed twenty-five American poets in five years.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Writing by Ear: An Interview	p. 15
Horizontal Poetry: An Interview	p. 33
Singing from a Wound: An Interview	p. 49
To Write with Dark, Eternal Ink: An Interview	p. 69
Speaking Through a Second Throat: An Interview	p. 83
A Glimpse of the Beautiful: An Interview	p. 95
Open Secrets: An Interview	p. 111
Putting Blood Back into Words: An Interview	p. 135
The Embrace of Everything: An Interview	p. 149
Poems Woven from a Sacred Thread: An Interview	p. 169
Spontaneity and Surprise: An Interview	p. 183
By Way of Play and Accident: An Interview	p. 197
Poem as Gesture: An Interview	p. 209
Bat Logic: An Interview	p. 225
Poetry Steeped in Intellectual Matter: An Interview	p. 239
A Poetry of Expansiveness: An Interview	p. 257
Poetry in Present Tense: An Interview	p. 271
Balancing Images: An Interview	p. 283
Abandoning the Middle Distance: An Interview	p. 297
Polysemous Poetry: An Interview	p. 313
Acknowledgments	p. 334
Permissions	p. 336
About the Author	p. 338
Index of Names and Titles	p. 339
Colophon	p. 350
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