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Instructor

David Maduli

Class Type 

Literature

Course Description

This course is an intensive survey and analysis of foundational contemporary literary poetry and its authors, including the study and practice of close-reading techniques. Authors studied will include emerging poets currently publishing important works, as well as contemporary masters in the field of poetry. This course is highly recommended for students declaring a Poetry emphasis for the MFA in Writing degree.

Textbook

The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry
Editor: Rita Dove
ISBN: 9780143121480

The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry
Editors: Ilya Kaminsky, Susan Harris, Words Without Borders
ISBN: 9780061583247

The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon-Bon
Author: Willie Perdomo
Penguin Random House, 2014
ISBN: 9780143125235

Trophic Cascade
Author: Camille Dungy
Wesleyan Univ, 2018
滨厂叠狈:听978-0819578563

Look
Author: Solmaz Sharif
Graywolf, 2016
滨厂叠狈:听978-1555977443

Flood Song
Author: Sherwin Bitsui
Copper Canyon, 2009
ISBN: 9781556593086

Joe Baumann

Department Head
Writing (MFA)