{"product_id":"what-will-suffice-contemporary-american-poets-on-the-art-of-poetry-paperback","title":"What Will Suffice: Contemporary American Poets on the Art of Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Buckley\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Merrill\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Merrill\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poem is a moral and mythic construct. Each decision the writer makes concerning the subject matter, form, diction, and tone reveals something about his or her vision of the world. Nowhere is that vision more on display than in an ars poetica, which is where a poet takes stock, writing down his or her articles of faith. An ars poetica is also a barometer for the cultural climate of one's times, and what the \"readings\" contained in this book suggest about post-Cold War America is that there are countless ways to interpret and transform our experiences. In the new world order the theater has changed yet again: the rise of ethnic conflict, neofascism, nationalism, and religious fundamentalism; the depletion of the earth's resources and devastation of innumberable ecosystems; continuing economic problems in both the developed and developing parts of the world; overpoplulation, the spread of AIDS and other communicable diseases;--these are dangers everyone faces. And poets are finding, in small ways and large, what will suffice for the next act. --Christopher Merrill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.08 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129884446855,"sku":"9780879056926","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/22d29c41b63d8e7f09f6153ae32c0bd9.webp?v=1732606687","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/what-will-suffice-contemporary-american-poets-on-the-art-of-poetry-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}