Elizabeth Alexander (1962- ) -- Sherman Alexie (1966- ) -- Mary Jo Bang (1946- ) -- Interview with Mary Jo Bang -- Erin Belieu (1967- ) -- Interview with Erin Belieu -- Frank Bidart (1939- ) --Eavan Boland (1944- ) -- Interview with Eavan Boland -- Lorna Dee Cervantes (1954- ) -- Wanda Coleman (1946- ) -- William Virgil Davis (1940- ) -- Interview with William Virgil Davis -- Denise Duhamel (1961- ) -- Interview with Denise Duhamel -- Stephen Dunn (1939- ) -- Interview with Stephen Dunn -- Nikky Finney (1957- ) -- Interview with Nikky Finney -- Jack Gilbert (1925-2012) -- Linda Pastan (1932- ) -- Interview with Linda Pastan -- Carl Phillips (1959- ) -- Interview with Carl Phillips -- Robert Pinsky (1940- ) -- D.A. Powell (1963- ) -- Interview with D.A. Powell -- Tracy K. Smith (1972- ) -- Interview with Tracy K. Smith -- Elizabeth Spires (1952- ) -- Interview with Elizabeth Spires -- A.E. Stallings (1968- ) -- Natasha Trethewey (1966- ).
Summary
This volume covers twenty-one contemporary American poets and their works. Includes transcripts of student interviews with many of the poets.