Under Discussion (Series)

Volumes in the Under Discussion series collect reviews and essays about individual poets, as well as poetry history and criticism. The series is concerned with contemporary American and English poets about whom the consensus has not yet been formed and the final vote has not been taken.

Series Editors
Editor, 2021-2026
Georgia A. Popoff
gappoetsyr@gmail.com

Founding Editor
Donald Hall

Editors, 2012-2019
Marilyn Hacker
Kazim Ali

Editors, 2006-2011
Annie Finch
Marilyn Hacker

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Till One Day the Sun Shall Shine More Brightly

The Poetry and Prose of Donald Revell

By Derek Pollard
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism
Series: Under Discussion

A rich, multifaceted consideration of the poetry and other writings of Donald Revell

Jane Cooper

A Radiance of Attention

By Martha Collins & Celia Bland
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism
Series: Under Discussion

A long-awaited tribute to one of the most beloved poets and teachers of our time

The Allure of Grammar

The Glamour of Angie Estes's Poetry

By Douglas R. Rutledge
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism
Series: Under Discussion

Illuminating the unique poetic style of Angie Estes’s poetry, from her earliest work to her most recent collection

Everywoman Her Own Theology

On the Poetry of Alicia Suskin Ostriker

By Martha Nell Smith & Julie R. Enszer
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Jewish Studies, Gender Studies, Women's Studies
Series: Under Discussion

Much admired by readers for decades, Alicia Ostriker is celebrated by her peers in fresh and insightful essays

Mad Heart Be Brave

Essays on the Poetry of Agha Shahid Ali

By Mohammed Kazim Ali
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism
Series: Under Discussion

New essays, both personal and critical, on the work of beloved Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali

Anne Carson

Ecstatic Lyre

By Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism
Series: Under Discussion

The first book of essays dedicated to the work of noted writer, Anne Carson

From Sorrow's Well

The Poetry of Hayden Carruth

By Shaun T Griffin
Subjects: Literary Studies
Series: Under Discussion

The social art of a solitary man

Jean Valentine

This-World Company

By Mohammed Kazim Ali & John Hoppenthaler
Subjects: Literary Studies, Biography
Series: Under Discussion

Collected essays on the work of Jean Valentine

Charles Simic

Essays on the Poetry

Edited by Bruce Weigl
Subjects: Literary Studies, American Literature, Poetry and Poetry Criticism
Series: Under Discussion

New perspectives on the work of this original and hard-to-categorize American poet, recently named Poet Laureate of the United States

On Frank Bidart

Fastening the Voice to the Page

Edited by Liam Rector & Tree Swenson
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Literature
Series: Under Discussion

Essays that explore the art and craft of Frank Bidart's poetry, with an interview with the poet

On Louise Gluck

Change What You See

Edited by Joanne Diehl
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Literature, Essay and Interview
Series: Under Discussion

Essays by leading critics, poets, and scholars that explore the work of recent U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer prize winner Louise Glück

On James Tate

Edited by Brian Henry
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Essay and Interview
Series: Under Discussion

The first critical collection on the work of one of the most influential yet misunderstood American poets working today

On Gwendolyn Brooks

Reliant Contemplation

Edited by Stephen Caldwell Wright
Subjects: Literary Studies, American Literature, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, African American Studies, Gender Studies
Series: Under Discussion

A reassessment of the art and achievements of the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize

Robert Hayden

Essays on the Poetry

Edited by Laurence Goldstein & Robert Chrisman
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, African American Studies, American Literature
Series: Under Discussion

Vital perspectives from leading critics and scholars on one of the most distinguished African American poets of the twentieth century

On William Stafford

The Worth of Local Things

Edited by Tom Andrews
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Literature
Series: Under Discussion

Contemporary writers and critics trace the achievement of William Stafford and his influence on contemporary poetry.

The Poetry of W. D. Snodgrass

Everything Human

Edited by Stephen Haven
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Literature
Series: Under Discussion

Denise Levertov

Selected Criticism

Edited by Albert Gelpi
Subjects: Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Literary Studies, Modern Literature, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Literature
Series: Under Discussion

On the Poetry of Philip Levine

Stranger to Nothing

Edited by Christopher Buckley
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Literature, Essay and Interview
Series: Under Discussion

The first critical collection to focus on Levine

James Wright

The Heart of the Light

Edited by Peter Stitt & Frank Graziano
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Literature
Series: Under Discussion

Anne Sexton

Telling the Tale

Edited by Steven E. Colburn
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Gender Studies, Women's Studies
Series: Under Discussion

Contains some of the best and most representative writing about Sexton's life and work

On the Poetry of Galway Kinnell

The Wages of Dying

Edited by Howard Nelson
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Literature
Series: Under Discussion

Traces the evolution of critical responses to the work of poet Galway Kinnell

Robert Creeley's Life and Work

A Sense of Increment

Edited by John Wilson
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Literature
Series: Under Discussion

A critical retrospective of Creeley's work from 1952 to 1982

Reading Adrienne Rich

Reviews and Re-Visions, 1951-81

Edited by Jane Roberta Cooper
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, American Literature, Sexuality Studies
Series: Under Discussion

Elizabeth Bishop and Her Art

Edited by Lloyd Schwartz & Sybil P. Estess
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, American Literature
Series: Under Discussion
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