Contested Records The Turn to Documents in Contemporary North American Poetry |
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| Author:
| Leong, Michael |
| Series title: | Contemp North American Poetry Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60938-689-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Iowa Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $70.00 |
Book Description:
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Contested Records analyzes how some of the most well-known twenty-first century North American poets work with fraught documents. Whether it's the legal paperwork detailing the murder of 132 African captives, state transcriptions of the last words of death row inmates, or testimony from miners and rescue workers about a fatal mine disaster, author Michael Leong reveals that much of the power of contemporary poetry rests in its potential to select, adapt, evaluate, and extend...
More Description Contested Records analyzes how some of the most well-known twenty-first century North American poets work with fraught documents. Whether it's the legal paperwork detailing the murder of 132 African captives, state transcriptions of the last words of death row inmates, or testimony from miners and rescue workers about a fatal mine disaster, author Michael Leong reveals that much of the power of contemporary poetry rests in its potential to select, adapt, evaluate, and extend public documentation.