Utah State University Press, 2005 Paper: 978-0-87421-597-7 | eISBN: 978-0-87421-511-3 Library of Congress Classification PS325.P634 2005 Dewey Decimal Classification 811.540932
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Out to see America and satisfy his travel bug, W. T. Pfefferle resigned from his position as director of the writing program at Johns Hopkins University and hit the road to interview sixty-two poets about the significance of place in their work. The lively conversations that resulted may surprise with the potential meanings of a seemingly simple concept. This gathering of voices and ideas is illustrated with photo and word portraits from the road and represented with suitable poems.
The poets are James Harms, David Citino, Martha Collins, Linda Gregerson, Richard Tillinghast, Orlando Ricardo Menes, Mark Strand, Karen Volkman, Lisa Samuels, Marvin Bell, Michael Dennis Browne, David Allan Evans, David Romtvedt, Sandra Alcosser, Robert Wrigley, Nance Van Winckel, Christopher Howell, Mark Halperin, Jana Harris, Sam Hamill, Barbara Drake, Floyd Skloot, Ralph Angel, Carol Muske-Dukes, David St. John, Sharon Bryan, Donald Revell, Claudia Keelan, Alberto Rios, Richard Shelton, Jane Miller, William Wenthe, Naomi Shihab Nye, Peter Cooley, Miller Williams, Beth Ann Fennelly, Natasha Trethewey, Denise Duhamel, Campbell McGrath, Terrance Hayes, Alan Shapiro, Nikki Giovanni, Charles Wright, Rita Dove, Henry Taylor, Dave Smith, Nicole Cooley, David Lehman, Lucie Brock-Broido, Michael S. Harper, C. D. Wright, Mark Wunderlich, James Cummins, Frederick Smock, Mark Jarman, Carl Phillips, Scott Cairns, Elizabeth Dodd, Jonathan Holden, Bin Ramke, Kenneth Brewer, and Paisley Rekdal.
REVIEWS
"Poets on Place is an extraordinary and unique collection of interviews with American poets. Collected with intelligence and wit by W. T. Pfefferle on his cross-country travels, these interviews on the importance of place and landscape in poetry---better than any anthology of poetry or prose I can think of---exhibit the profound richness and dazzling diversity of American poetry and its poets." —David St. John, from his foreword
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword 000
Introduction 000
Wherein We Begin Life on the Road 1
James Harms - Morgantown, West Virginia 000
Landscape as the Latest Diet (Southern California) 000
David Citino - Columbus, Ohio 000
Through a Glass, Darkly 000
Martha Collins - Oberlin, Ohio 000
Linda Gregerson - Ann Arbor, Michigan 000
Richard Tillinghast - Ann Arbor, Michigan 000
Wake Me in South Galway 000
Winnie Cooper 000
Orlando Ricardo Menes - South Bend, Indiana 000
Mark Strand - Chicago, Illinois 000
A Morning 000
Karen Volkman - Chicago, Illinois 000
Lisa Samuels - Milwaukee, Wisconsin 000
Marvin Bell - Iowa City, Iowa 000
Port Townsend, Washington, Waterside 000
Dust, Corn, and Popcorn People 000
Michael Dennis Browne - Minneapolis, Minnesota 000
from At the Cabin 000
David Allan Evans - Brookings, South Dakota 000
David Romtvedt - Buffalo, Wyoming 000
With Caitlin, Age 8, Building a Qhuinzee for a Winter Night 000
The West 000
Sandra Alcosser - Lolo, Montana 000
Mare Frigoris 000
Robert Wrigley - Moscow, Idaho 000
Ordinary Magic 000
Nance Van Winckel - Liberty Lake, Washington 000
Awaiting the Return Ferry 000
Christopher Howell - Spokane, Washington 000
Wherein the Author Ruminates on RV Life 000
Mark Halperin - Ellensburg, Washington 000
Accident 000
Jana Harris - Sultan, Washington 000
Mr. Elija Welch, First Planting 000
Sam Hamill - Port Townsend, Washington 000
The Day I Did Winnie Cooper Wrong 000
Barbara Drake - Yamhill, Oregon 000
from The Man from the Past Visits the Present 000
Floyd Skloot - Amity, Oregon 000
A Warming Trend 000
Suddenly in California 000
Ralph Angel - South Pasadena, California 000
Carol Muske-Dukes - Los Angeles, California 000
Twin Cities 000
David St. John - Venice, California 000
Dijon 000
Sharon Bryan - San Diego, California 000
Death Valley 000
Donald Revell & Claudia Keelan - Las Vegas, Nevada 000
A Parish in the Bronx 000
Alberto Rios - Chandler, Arizona 000
Richard Shelton - Tucson, Arizona 000
Local Knowledge 000
Jane Miller - Tucson, Arizona 000
#15 from A Palace of Pearls 000
New Year 000
William Wenthe - Lubbock, Texas 000
Alien 000
Naomi Shihab Nye - San Antonio, Texas 000
Pause 000
Peter Cooley - Jefferson, Louisiana 000
Miller Williams - Fayetteville, Arkansas 000
RV Life 2 000
Beth Ann Fennelly - Oxford, Mississippi 000
from The Kudzu Chronicles 000
Natasha Trethewey - Decatur, Georgia 000
South 000
Denise Duhamel - Hollywood, Florida 000
Valentines, Hollywood Beach 000
Campbell McGrath - Miami Beach, Florida 000
Terrance Hayes - Columbia, South Carolina 000
Threshold 000
Alan Shapiro - Chapel Hill, North Carolina 000
Bower 000
Nikki Giovanni - Blacksburg, Virginia 000
Charles Wright - Charlottesville, Virginia 000
High Country Spring 000
Choosing 000
Rita Dove - Charlottesville, Virginia 000
The House on Bishop Street 000
Henry Taylor - Bethesda, Maryland 000
Harvest 000
Dave Smith - Baltimore, Maryland 000
Gaines Mill Battlefield 000
Nicole Cooley - Glen Ridge, New Jersey 000
Unfinished Sketch: Green Sandbox Winter Sky 000
David Lehman - New York, New York 000
April 9 000
The City So Nice They Named It Twice 000
Lucie Brock-Broido - New York, New York 000
Michael S. Harper - Providence, Rhode Island 000
C. D. Wright - Barrington, Rhode Island 000
from The Ozark Odes 000
Mark Wunderlich - Provincetown, Massachusetts 000
Elevation 000
James Cummins - Cincinnati, Ohio 000
Spring Comes to Hamilton Avenue 000
Frederick Smock - Louisville, Kentucky 000
Heron 000
Mark Jarman - Nashville, Tennessee 000
Nashville Moon 000
Carl Phillips - St. Louis, Missouri 000
Driveway 000
Scott Cairns - Columbia, Missouri 000
Mud Trail 000
Elizabeth Dodd - Manhattan, Kansas 000
Sonnet, Almost 000
Jonathan Holden - Manhattan, Kansas 000
Pigs 000
Bin Ramke - Denver, Colorado 000
Kenneth Brewer - Logan, Utah 000
Paisley Rekdal - Salt Lake City, Utah 000
Ode 000
Wherein the Author Considers the End 000
Endpiece 000
Gas Giant 000
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Utah State University Press, 2005 Paper: 978-0-87421-597-7 eISBN: 978-0-87421-511-3
Out to see America and satisfy his travel bug, W. T. Pfefferle resigned from his position as director of the writing program at Johns Hopkins University and hit the road to interview sixty-two poets about the significance of place in their work. The lively conversations that resulted may surprise with the potential meanings of a seemingly simple concept. This gathering of voices and ideas is illustrated with photo and word portraits from the road and represented with suitable poems.
The poets are James Harms, David Citino, Martha Collins, Linda Gregerson, Richard Tillinghast, Orlando Ricardo Menes, Mark Strand, Karen Volkman, Lisa Samuels, Marvin Bell, Michael Dennis Browne, David Allan Evans, David Romtvedt, Sandra Alcosser, Robert Wrigley, Nance Van Winckel, Christopher Howell, Mark Halperin, Jana Harris, Sam Hamill, Barbara Drake, Floyd Skloot, Ralph Angel, Carol Muske-Dukes, David St. John, Sharon Bryan, Donald Revell, Claudia Keelan, Alberto Rios, Richard Shelton, Jane Miller, William Wenthe, Naomi Shihab Nye, Peter Cooley, Miller Williams, Beth Ann Fennelly, Natasha Trethewey, Denise Duhamel, Campbell McGrath, Terrance Hayes, Alan Shapiro, Nikki Giovanni, Charles Wright, Rita Dove, Henry Taylor, Dave Smith, Nicole Cooley, David Lehman, Lucie Brock-Broido, Michael S. Harper, C. D. Wright, Mark Wunderlich, James Cummins, Frederick Smock, Mark Jarman, Carl Phillips, Scott Cairns, Elizabeth Dodd, Jonathan Holden, Bin Ramke, Kenneth Brewer, and Paisley Rekdal.
REVIEWS
"Poets on Place is an extraordinary and unique collection of interviews with American poets. Collected with intelligence and wit by W. T. Pfefferle on his cross-country travels, these interviews on the importance of place and landscape in poetry---better than any anthology of poetry or prose I can think of---exhibit the profound richness and dazzling diversity of American poetry and its poets." —David St. John, from his foreword
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword 000
Introduction 000
Wherein We Begin Life on the Road 1
James Harms - Morgantown, West Virginia 000
Landscape as the Latest Diet (Southern California) 000
David Citino - Columbus, Ohio 000
Through a Glass, Darkly 000
Martha Collins - Oberlin, Ohio 000
Linda Gregerson - Ann Arbor, Michigan 000
Richard Tillinghast - Ann Arbor, Michigan 000
Wake Me in South Galway 000
Winnie Cooper 000
Orlando Ricardo Menes - South Bend, Indiana 000
Mark Strand - Chicago, Illinois 000
A Morning 000
Karen Volkman - Chicago, Illinois 000
Lisa Samuels - Milwaukee, Wisconsin 000
Marvin Bell - Iowa City, Iowa 000
Port Townsend, Washington, Waterside 000
Dust, Corn, and Popcorn People 000
Michael Dennis Browne - Minneapolis, Minnesota 000
from At the Cabin 000
David Allan Evans - Brookings, South Dakota 000
David Romtvedt - Buffalo, Wyoming 000
With Caitlin, Age 8, Building a Qhuinzee for a Winter Night 000
The West 000
Sandra Alcosser - Lolo, Montana 000
Mare Frigoris 000
Robert Wrigley - Moscow, Idaho 000
Ordinary Magic 000
Nance Van Winckel - Liberty Lake, Washington 000
Awaiting the Return Ferry 000
Christopher Howell - Spokane, Washington 000
Wherein the Author Ruminates on RV Life 000
Mark Halperin - Ellensburg, Washington 000
Accident 000
Jana Harris - Sultan, Washington 000
Mr. Elija Welch, First Planting 000
Sam Hamill - Port Townsend, Washington 000
The Day I Did Winnie Cooper Wrong 000
Barbara Drake - Yamhill, Oregon 000
from The Man from the Past Visits the Present 000
Floyd Skloot - Amity, Oregon 000
A Warming Trend 000
Suddenly in California 000
Ralph Angel - South Pasadena, California 000
Carol Muske-Dukes - Los Angeles, California 000
Twin Cities 000
David St. John - Venice, California 000
Dijon 000
Sharon Bryan - San Diego, California 000
Death Valley 000
Donald Revell & Claudia Keelan - Las Vegas, Nevada 000
A Parish in the Bronx 000
Alberto Rios - Chandler, Arizona 000
Richard Shelton - Tucson, Arizona 000
Local Knowledge 000
Jane Miller - Tucson, Arizona 000
#15 from A Palace of Pearls 000
New Year 000
William Wenthe - Lubbock, Texas 000
Alien 000
Naomi Shihab Nye - San Antonio, Texas 000
Pause 000
Peter Cooley - Jefferson, Louisiana 000
Miller Williams - Fayetteville, Arkansas 000
RV Life 2 000
Beth Ann Fennelly - Oxford, Mississippi 000
from The Kudzu Chronicles 000
Natasha Trethewey - Decatur, Georgia 000
South 000
Denise Duhamel - Hollywood, Florida 000
Valentines, Hollywood Beach 000
Campbell McGrath - Miami Beach, Florida 000
Terrance Hayes - Columbia, South Carolina 000
Threshold 000
Alan Shapiro - Chapel Hill, North Carolina 000
Bower 000
Nikki Giovanni - Blacksburg, Virginia 000
Charles Wright - Charlottesville, Virginia 000
High Country Spring 000
Choosing 000
Rita Dove - Charlottesville, Virginia 000
The House on Bishop Street 000
Henry Taylor - Bethesda, Maryland 000
Harvest 000
Dave Smith - Baltimore, Maryland 000
Gaines Mill Battlefield 000
Nicole Cooley - Glen Ridge, New Jersey 000
Unfinished Sketch: Green Sandbox Winter Sky 000
David Lehman - New York, New York 000
April 9 000
The City So Nice They Named It Twice 000
Lucie Brock-Broido - New York, New York 000
Michael S. Harper - Providence, Rhode Island 000
C. D. Wright - Barrington, Rhode Island 000
from The Ozark Odes 000
Mark Wunderlich - Provincetown, Massachusetts 000
Elevation 000
James Cummins - Cincinnati, Ohio 000
Spring Comes to Hamilton Avenue 000
Frederick Smock - Louisville, Kentucky 000
Heron 000
Mark Jarman - Nashville, Tennessee 000
Nashville Moon 000
Carl Phillips - St. Louis, Missouri 000
Driveway 000
Scott Cairns - Columbia, Missouri 000
Mud Trail 000
Elizabeth Dodd - Manhattan, Kansas 000
Sonnet, Almost 000
Jonathan Holden - Manhattan, Kansas 000
Pigs 000
Bin Ramke - Denver, Colorado 000
Kenneth Brewer - Logan, Utah 000
Paisley Rekdal - Salt Lake City, Utah 000
Ode 000
Wherein the Author Considers the End 000
Endpiece 000
Gas Giant 000
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