Emerging from a matrix of Old Left, black nationalist, and bohemian ideologies and
institutions, African American artists and intellectuals in the 1960s coalesced to form the …

A lively examination of the spirit and practices that have made the indie movement into a
powerful cultural phenomenon You know the look: skinny jeans, Chuck Taylors, perfectly …

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Reveals the hidden origins of kitsch in poetry from the eighteenth century. Taking its title
from John Keats, My Silver Planet contends that the problem of elite poetry's relation to …

This new book by eminent scholar Michael Davidson gathers his essays concerning formally
innovative poetry from modernists such as Mina Loy, George Oppen, and Wallace Stevens …

Today interviews proliferate everywhere: in newspapers, on television, and in anthologies;
as a method they are a major tool of medicine, the law, the social sciences, oral history …

Black Mask were a loose collective that emerged on the Lower East Side of New York in
1966, transitioning from 1967 into another larger, more open group, Up Against the Wall …

Narrowcast explores how mid-century American poets associated with the New Left
mobilized tape recording as a new form of sonic field research even as they themselves …

Dennis Cooper is one of the most inventive and prolific artists of our time. Working in a
variety of forms and media since he first exploded onto the scene in the early 1970s, he has …

Contemporary American poetry can often seem intimidating and daunting in its variety and
complexity. This engaging and accessible book provides the first comprehensive …