Her book versed wesleyan won the pulitzer prize in 2010. New and selected poems, entanglements, a chapbook selection of poems in conversation with. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and. David caplans first reading of rae armantrouts poem spin is the fourth of five we will publish in this new series.
Rae armantrout, one of the founding members of the west coast group of language poets, stands apart from other language poets in her lyrical voice and her commitment to the interior and the domestic. Versed is a book of poetry written by rae armantrout and published by wesleyan university. A conversation with rae armantrout wesleyan university. I seem to have strayed far, far from the path where poetry is concerned. Ucsd professor and poet rae armantrout nominated for national. Versed brings two of these sequences together, offering readers an expanded. Versed quotes showing 127 of 27 metaphor forms a crust beneath which the crevasse of each experience. Mary rae armantrou was born on april, 1947 in vallejo, california, united states. Prior to that versed, wesleyan, 2009, won the pulitzer prize, the.
Armantrout was born in vallejo, california but grew up in san diego. The poems in versed investigate subjectivity in a mediasaturated. It appears you dont have a pdf plugin for this browser. A conversation with rae armantrout versed readers companion. She has published ten books, and has also been featured in numerous anthologies. Rae armantrout born april, 1947, american educator. Ucsd professor rae armantrouts latest book of poetry has been nominated for a national book award. New and selected poems, and entanglements a chapbook selection of poems in. The poems in the first section, versed, play with vice and versa, the perversity of human consciousness. Rae armantrouts book versed won the pulitzer prize for poetry as well as the national book critics circle award in 2010. Rae armantrout, versed wesleyan, 2009 i have no idea whats wrong with me these days. Armantrout won the 2009 national book critics circle award for her most recently published book, versed, which was also. Rae armantrouts most recent book just saying was published by wesleyan university press in 20. Versed brings two of these sequences together, offerin.
Join facebook to connect with rae armantrout and others you may know. I was surprised by how little i enjoyed this book, as i very much expected to be pleased b. Specifically, the second section of my poem around is a transcription of a. An interview with rae armantrout rae armantrout has been a part of the first generation of language poetry in san francisco since the 1970s.
Money shot isbn 9780819574 pdf epub rae armantrout. Rae armantrout has always organized her collections of poetry as though they were works in themselves. Rae armantrout is the most philosophical sort of poet, continually seeking in her collections to summon and surmise the contemporary character of subjective experience and, further, to test. For decades the confessional poem has been attacked by critics who find it intolerably naive, suffocating, and limiting. She has published nine books with wesleyan university press, including entanglements, partly, and. Rae armantrout born april, 1947 is an american poet generally associated with the language poets. Rae armantrout is the pulitzer prizewinning author of fourteen books of poetry. Rae armantrout rae armantrout biography poem hunter. Publication rights publication rights are held by the.
Rae armantrout born april 1947 is an american poet generally associated with the language poets. Others by jennifer ashton, katie price, and dee morris are available at the first. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. Her shortlined poems, in form and organization of words, grapple with questions of deception, apprehension, and distortion. Ucsd prof rae armantrout wins pulitzer prize for poetry kpbs. Versed brings two of these sequences together, offering readers an expanded view of the arc of her writing. The poems in just saying may be imagined as chimeras, creatures that appear when old distinctions break down and elements generally kept separate. Rae armantrout is an american poet, professor emerita of writing, 2010 pulitzer prize winner for versed, guggenheim fellow in poetry 2008, and recipient of the national book critics circle. She has published ten books of poetry and has also been featured in a number of major.
Rae armantrout reading from her pulitzer prize winning. You have become noticeably more prolific over the past fifteen years or so forgive the stats. Just as the money shot in porn is proof of the male orgasm, these poems explore questions of revelation. Born in vallejo, california, armantrout earned her ba at the university of california, berkeleywhere she studied with denise levertovand she earned her ma at san francisco state university. Her other recent work includes money shot, just saying, itself, partly. Extremities going to the desert is the old term landscape of zeros the glitter of edges again catches the eye to approach these swords. Rae armantrout is a poet and professor of writing and literature at the university of california in san diego, whose poems have recently appeared in the nation and the oxford book of. Versed 2009, which received the pulitzer prize and the national book critics circle. Versed by rae armantrout overdrive rakuten overdrive. From what i dont recall i am able to infer what didnt happen in a given setting while you cant or wont so that i might have been behind you in. Rae armantrout is a poet whose work is distinguished by her lyrical voice and commitment to dismantling conventions of memory, pop culture, science, and mothering. You would, with some luck and more practice, be rae armantrout, who has been writing such poems for 30 years, at first for a west coast. September 8, 2016 by press features comments 0 judging by the blurb by joyce peseroff, contributing editor.
Download read versed 2009 by rae armantrout in pdf. Rae armantrout is the author of numerous books of poems, including,money shot wesleyan, 2011. Itself isbn 9780819574671 pdf epub rae armantrout ebook. Winner of the pulitzer prize for poetry 2010 winner of the national book critics circle award 2009 rae armantrout has always organized her collections of poetry as though they were works in themselves. Rae armantrouts most recent books, versed, money shot, just saying, itself, partly.
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