This volume brings together much of the poetry and a selection of correspondence by Helene Johnson, poet of the Harlem Renaissance. In his introduction, Verner D. Mitchell reconstructs Johnson's life and places her in the context of a vital literary tradition. View More...
The poetry and prose collected in Plainwater are a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Anne Carson, a writer described by Michael Ondaatje as "the most exciting poet writing in English today." Succinct and astonishingly beautiful, these pieces stretch the boundaries of language and literary form, while juxtaposing classical and modern traditions.Carson envisions a present-day interview with a seventh-century BC poet, and offers miniature lectures on topics as varied as orchids and Ovid. She imagines the muse of a fifteenth-century painter attending a phenomenology conference in Italy... View More...
