I Would Lie to You if I Could: Interviews with Ten American Poets (Pitt Poetry Series) by deNiord, Chard [Editor]

Pittsburgh. 2018. March 2018. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780822965343. Pitt Poetry Series. 6 x 9. 232 pages . paperback. . keywords: Poetry. FROM THE PUBLISHER - I Would Lie to You if I Could contains interviews with nine eminent contemporary American poets (Natasha Trethewey, Jane Hirshfield, Martín Espada, Stephen Kuusisto, Stephen Sandy, Ed Ochester, Carolyn ForchE, Peter Everwine, and Galway Kinnell) and James Wright's widow Anne. It presents conversations with a vital cross section of poets representing a variety of ages, ethnicities, and social backgrounds. The poets testify to the demotic nature of poetry as a charged language that speaks uniquely in original voices, yet appeals universally. As individuals with their own transpersonal stories, the poets have emerged onto the national stage from very local places with news that witnesses memorably in social, personal, and political ways. They talk about their poems and… Read More

University of Pittsburgh Press, (2018.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by Chard deNiord, the Poet Laureate of Vermont from 2015-2019. A series of interviews by him with a diverse group of American poets: Natasha Trethewey; Galway Kinnell; Carolyn Forché; Jane Hirshfield; Anne Wright (widow of James Wright); Ed Ochester; Martín Espada; Stephen Kuusisto; Peter Everwine; and Stephen Sandy. x, 349 pp., b&w photos of the poets. 8vo trade paperback. (Not issued in hardcover.) VG with light edge wear, minor creasing to the lower front corner. Clean and securely bound. Signed twice on the title page as "Chard" and inscribed "For Jacqueline" [evidently fellow poet Jacqueline Gens.]

Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 2018. Paperback. New. 232 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Contains interviews with nine eminent contemporary American poets (Natasha Trethewey, Jane Hirshfield, Martin Espada, Stephen Kuusisto, Stephen Sandy, Ed Ochester, Carolyn Forche, Peter Everwine, and Galway Kinnell). The poets testify to the demotic nature of poetry as a charged language that speaks uniquely in original voices, yet appeals universally.

Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 2018. Paperback. New. 232 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches.