American Women Poets in the 21st Century

New poetry by Lucie Brock-Broido, Harryette Mullen, Ann Lauterbach, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Brenda Hillman, Jorie Graham and others is featured in American Women Poets of the 21st Century: Where Lyric Meets Language, a collection that explores how or whether gender influences contemporary poetry by women. The volume, edited by poets Claudia Rankine (Plot) and Juliana Spahr (Fuck You Aloha I Love You), includes a ""poetic statement"" by each of the 10 featured poets, in which she discusses aesthetics and identity, as well as a critical essay on each poet's work and a bibliography. (May)