The Best of Border Voices
Author | : |
Publisher | : Level4Press Inc |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : 1933769246 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781933769240 |
Rating | : 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: San Diego's Border Voices has been one of the nation's largest poetry festivals for fourteen years, featuring nationally renowned poets, prize winning student poets from San Diego county, and a cadre of poetry teachers from throughout the school district. This poetry book collects together the best poems from fourteen years of festivals, featuring poems by students, teachers, and national poets. Includes biographical notes on major poets. Major poets include Francisco X. Alarcn, Billy Collins, Robert Creeley, Dana Gioia, Galway Kinnell, Steve Kowit, Philip Levine, Sharon Olds, Robert Pinsky, Adrienne Rich, Luis Rodrguez, Gary Snyder, Gary Soto, and Mark Strand.