Rebel Angels: 25 Poets of the New Formalism

(Hardback, 4th New edition)

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The first anthology to present the most exciting and unexpected new movement in American poetrythe revival of rhyme, meter, and narrative among poetsRebel Angels gathers the best work of twenty-five poets who write memorably and movingly in a dazzling variety of formssome traditional, some newly mintedout of the diverse experiences of their generation.

Contributors include Elizabeth Alexander, Julia Alvarez, Bruce Bawer, Rafael Campo, Tom Disch, Frederick Feirstein, Dana Gioia, Emily Grosholz, R.S. Gwynn, Marilyn Hacker, Rachel Hadas, Andrew Hudgins, Paul Lake, Sydney Lea, Brad Leithauser, Phillis Levin, Charles Martin, Marilyn Nelson, Molly Peacock, Wyatt Prunty, Mary Jo Salter, Timothy Steele, Frederick Turner, Rachel Wetzsteon, and Greg Williamson.

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Mark Jarman is the author of many books of poetry, including The Black Riviera, winner of the 1991 Poets Prize, and Questions for Ecclesiastes, winner of the 1998 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He is Centennial Professor of English, Emeritus, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The former poet laureate of Colorado, David Mason has written many books, including Ludlow: A Verse Novel, The Sound: New and Selected Poems, Davey McGravy: Tales to be Read Aloud to Children and Adult Children, and Incarnation and Metamorphosis: Can Literature Change Us He lives in Tasmania, the island state of Australia.