Instructor
David Maduli
Class Type
Literature
Course Description
This course is an intensive survey and analysis of foundational contemporary literary poetry and its authors, including the study and practice of close-reading techniques. Authors studied will include emerging poets currently publishing important works, as well as contemporary masters in the field of poetry. This course is highly recommended for students declaring a Poetry emphasis for the MFA in Writing degree.
Textbook
The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry
Editor: Rita Dove
ISBN: 9780143121480
The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry
Editors: Ilya Kaminsky, Susan Harris, Words Without Borders
ISBN: 9780061583247
The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon-Bon
Author: Willie Perdomo
Penguin Random House, 2014
ISBN: 9780143125235
Trophic Cascade
Author: Camille Dungy
Wesleyan Univ, 2018
ISBN: 978-0819578563
Look
Author: Solmaz Sharif
Graywolf, 2016
ISBN: 978-1555977443
Flood Song
Author: Sherwin Bitsui
Copper Canyon, 2009
ISBN: 9781556593086