| What Saves Us Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump | | Editor:
| Espada, Martín | Contribution by:
| Alvarez, Julia Anderson, Doug Ayala, Naomi Balthaser, Benjamin Bates, Sean Beatty, Jan Betts, Tara Blanco, Richard Campo, Rafael Cassells, Cyrus Charara, Hayan Chen, Chen Clements, Brian Daniels, Jim Dawes, Kwame deNiord, Chard Oka, Cynthia Dewi DiStefano, Dante Engle, Kathy Evans, George Faizullah, Tarfia Forché, Carolyn Frohman, Denice Georges, Danielle Legros Girmay, Aracelis Goring, Ruth Grabowski, Adam Guerrero, Laurie Anne Hamill, Sam Hazo, Samuel Herrera, Juan Felipe Hirshfield, Jane Hoagland, Everett Joseph, Lawrence Komunyakaa, Yusef Laux, Dorianne Mariani, Paul Martínez, Demetria Pompa, Paul Martínez Marzán, Julio Gillan, Maria Mazziotti McConnell, Marty McGrath, Leslie Michelson, Richard Miller, E. Ethelbert Moon, Kamilah Aisha Mura, David Murillo, John Nazos, Maria Nelson, Marilyn Nye, Naomi Shihab Ostriker, Alicia Suskin Perdomo, Willie Peréz, Emmy Piercy, Marge Pimentel, Sasha Pinsky, Robert Ramírez, Gabriel Resto, Luivette Robles-Alvarado, Peggy Rodríguez, Luis J. Root, William Pitt Rosal, Patrick Ross, Joseph Samaras, Nicholas Sanabria, Ruth Irupé Schmidt, Lauren Seibles, Tim Seluja, Katherine DiBella Share, Don Smith, Patricia Soto, Gary Turcotte, Mark Turner, Brian Twichell, Chase Uschuk, Pamela Velasquez, Elisabet Villar, Richard Vuong, Ocean Wallace, George Weaver, Afaa M. Wilner, Eleanor Zamora, Daisy Smith, Danez Alexander, Elizabeth Castillo, Marcelo Hernández Osbey, Brenda Marie Hall, Donald Weigl, Bruce Maldonado, Ricardo Alberto greathouse, torrin a. Louis, Adrian | ISBN: | 978-0-8101-4077-6 | Publication Date: | Oct 2019 | Publisher: | Curbstone Press
| Book Format: | Paperback | List Price: | USD $24.95 | Book Description:
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This is an anthology of poems in the Age of Trump--and much more than Trump. These are poems that either embody or express a sense of empathy or outrage, both prior to and following his election, since it is empathy the president lacks and outrage he provokes. There is an extraordinary diversity of voices here. The ninety-three poets featured include Elizabeth Alexander, Julia Alvarez, Richard Blanco, Carolyn Forché, Aracelis Girmay, Donald... More Description This is an anthology of poems in the Age of Trump--and much more than Trump. These are poems that either embody or express a sense of empathy or outrage, both prior to and following his election, since it is empathy the president lacks and outrage he provokes. There is an extraordinary diversity of voices here. The ninety-three poets featured include Elizabeth Alexander, Julia Alvarez, Richard Blanco, Carolyn Forché, Aracelis Girmay, Donald Hall, Juan Felipe Herrera, Yusef Komunyakaa, Naomi Shihab Nye, Marge Piercy, Robert Pinsky, Danez Smith, Patricia Smith, Brian Turner, Ocean Vuong, Bruce Weigl, and Eleanor Wilner. They speak of persecuted and scapegoated immigrants. They bear witness to violence: police brutality against African Americans, mass shootings in a school or synagogue, the rage inflicted on women everywhere. They testify to poverty: the waitress surviving on leftovers at the restaurant, the battles of a teacher in a shelter for homeless mothers, the emergency-room doctor listening to the heartbeats of his patients. There are voices of labor, in the factory and the fields. There are prophetic voices, imploring us to imagine the world we will leave behind in ruins lest we speak and act. However, this is not merely a collection of grievances. The poets build bridges. One poet steps up to translate in Arabic at the airport; another walks through the city and sees her immigrant past in the immigrant present; another declaims a musical manifesto after the hurricane that devastated his island; another evokes a demonstration in the street, shouting in an ecstasy of defiance. The poets take back the language, resisting the demagogic corruption of words themselves. They assert our common humanity in the face of dehumanization. | |