Fifty poets examine the architecture of poems--from the haiku to rap music--and trace their history

A groundbreaking study of the connections among meter, the poetic unconscious, and wider literary and cultural forces

An unexpectedly entertaining collection of writing by poets discussing the creative inspiration and artistic form of their work.

The Body of Poetry collects essays, reviews, and memoir by Annie Finch, one of the brightest poet-critics of her generation. Finch's germinal work on the art of

The historical writings that helped shape our current understandings of poetry. Toward the Open Field brings together many of the great prose pieces—essays, l