A Community Writing Itself

Download or read book A Community Writing Itself written by Sarah Rosenthal and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Community Writing Itself features internationally respected writers Michael Palmer, Nathaniel Mackey, Leslie Scalapino, Brenda Hillman, Kathleen Fraser, Stephen Ratcliffe, Robert Glück, and Barbara Guest, and important younger writers Truong Tran, Camille Roy, Juliana Spahr, and Elizabeth Robinson. The book fills a major gap in contemporary poetics, focusing on one of the most vibrant experimental writing communities in the nation. The writers discuss vision and craft, war and peace, race and gender, individuality and collectivity, and the impact of the Bay Area on their work.