City Poems and American Urban Crisis: 1945 to the Present
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City Poems and American Urban Crisis: 1945 to the Present
By (Author) Professor Nate Mickelson
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
15th November 2018
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
811.509321732
Physical Properties
Hardback
248
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
526g
Description
From William Carlos Williams and Allen Ginsberg to Miguel Algarn and Wanda Coleman, this groundbreaking book explores the ways in which contemporary poets have engaged with Americas changing urban experience since 1945. City Poems and American Urban Crisis brings post-war American poetry into conversation with developments in city planning, activism, and urban theory to demonstrate that taking city poetry seriously as a mode of analysis and critique can enhance our attempts to produce more just and equitable urban futures. Poets covered include: Miguel Algarn, Gwendolyn Brooks, Wanda Coleman, Allen Ginsberg, Lewis MacAdams, Charles Olson, George Oppen, and William Carlos Williams.
Reviews
A refreshing text which uses poetry about the city as an entry point to engage the imagination in understanding cities and also imagining what they could be Nate Mickelson has created an inspiring text that can help empower readers and their communities a worthwhile read for planners, poets, community activists and anyone wishing to be inspired to create the existing and future worlds in their mind. * Progressive City *
Author Bio
Nate Mickelson is Assistant Professor of English and City Seminar Coordinator at Stella and Charles Guttman Community College, City University of New York, USA.
