{"product_id":"9781566891585","title":"Civil Disobediences: Poetics and Politics in Action","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs cultural absurdities, apathy-inspiring ambient noise, and political and ecological disasters threaten the 21st-century world, art’s role in engaging society and coalescing dissent becomes more apparent and more urgent. \u003ci\u003eCivil Disobediences\u003c\/i\u003e offers a manual for understanding poetry’s history and enacting its ultimate power to dismantle and recreate political and cultural realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposed of essays, lectures and teaching materials by leading contemporary poets and scholars, this anthology explores the craft of poetry, as well as the history of poetic\/political action in the U.S. and abroad, the development of ancient and modern poetic forms, the legacy of world-renowned poets, and the intersections between poetry and spirituality. It also provides concrete advice about bringing poetry into your local community and ensuring that “poetry is news that stays news.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor Anne Waldman is an internationally acclaimed poet, performer, cultural activist, and distinguished -professor of poetics at Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. She is the author of over 40 books, including \u003ci\u003eVow to Poetry: Essays, Interviews, \u0026amp; Manifestos\u003c\/i\u003e and the recent collection \u003ci\u003eIn the Room of Never Grieve: New and Selected Poems 1985–2003\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor Lisa Birman is a poet and writer from Melbourne, Australia. Her books include \u003ci\u003eSome Things—Poems and Translations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeportation Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003epossibly\u003c\/i\u003e. Birman is the co-founder of Movie Star Press and co-director of Naropa University’s Summer Writing Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors include: Helen Adam, Ammiel Alcalay, Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan, Robin Blaser, Reed Bye, Jack Collum, Robert Creeley, Samuel R. Delany, Robert Duncan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Alan Gilbert, Allen Ginsberg, James Grauerholtz, Barbara Guest, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Anselm Hollo, Laird Hunt, Pierre Joris, Joanne Kyger, Ann Lauterbach, Harryette Mullen, Eileen Myles, Alice Notley, Michael Ondaatje, Sonia Sanchez, Edward Sanders, Eleni Sikelianos, Gary Snyder, Cole Swenson, Arthur Sze, Steven Taylor, Robert Tejada, Lorenzo Thomas and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030776791280,"sku":"9781566891585","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781566891585_p0.jpg?v=1763790046","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781566891585","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}