features twelve of the liveliest of these dialogues, accompanied by an in-depth introduction to the American "avant-garde tradition," a series of personable biographies, and an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The results are nothing short of a revelation: the interviews offer poets, readers, and writing teachers a backstage pass to experimental poetry, and Kane’s introductory essay provides a unique approach to an art that is at once playful and provocative. Rae Armantrout • John Ashbery • Robert Creeley • Fanny Howe • Lisa Jarnot • Kenneth Koch • Ann Lauterbach • Bernadette Mayer • Harryette Mullen • Michael Palmer • Lewis Warsh • Marjorie Welish

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