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The Ecopoetry Anthology
Author(s): Ann Fisher-Wirth (Editor), Laura-Gray Street (Editor), Robert Hass (Introduction)
- Publisher: Trinity University Press
- Publication Date: 11 April 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 672 pages
- ISBN-10: 1595341463
- ISBN-13: 9781595341464
Book Description
To establish the antecedents of today’s writing,
The Ecopoetry Anthology presents a historical section that includes poetry written from roughly the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Iconic American poets like Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are followed by more modern poets like Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, and even more recent foundational work by poets like Theodore Roethke, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Hayden, and Muriel Rukeyser. With subtle discernment, the editors portray our country’s rich heritage and dramatic range of writing about the natural world around us.Editorial Reviews
Review
Ann Fisher-Wirth and Laura-Gray Street’s rich and generous
The Ecopoetry Anthology… Here is bounty indeed–an innovative anthology drawing upon 150 years of American poetry about nature, animals and our precious environment.” Shelf AwarenessRavishing, devastating, and uplifting, this is a mighty, conscionable, and defining anthology of vital poetry shaped by profound environmental intelligence.”
Booklist
The Ecopoetry Anthology is a beautifully constructed, carefully planned, and intelligently framed volume.” Colorado ReviewImpressive in the scope and diversity of poets included,
The Ecopoetry Anthology is poised to become the de?nitive anthology of American ecopoetry.” ISLE JournalI’ve always thought poetry could change the world, and with the best energies of Robert Hass, Ann Fisher-Wirth and Laura-Gray Street, and these assembled poets, I believe we have a chance.”
Washington Independent Review of BooksThe strength of The Ecopoetry Anthology is in its companionable, earthbound perspective, poem after poem. Cutting a broad swath from “the natural history of tears” (Peter Gizzi) to “surreal/popcorn surrounded by the reborn” (Jack Collom), the editors have assembled, with curatorial finesse, a genuine constellation of feisty, testy, funny, worried, disconcerted, perplexed, grieving, and roaring poems.”
Chicago ReviewPoetry might not derail the course we’re on, but the poems gathered here just might soothe what ails us.”
Rain TaxiPuts traditional nature poetry in conversation with the ecocentric avantgarde.”
A definitive new collection of poems about nature and environment.”
Orion“It’s a must-read for everyone concerned with our disappearing environment.”―
San Antonio Express-News
