<em>Postmodern American Poetry</em> provides a deep and wideselection-411 poems by 103 poets-of the major poets and movements ofthe late twentieth century. Included are the leading Beat and New YorkSchool poets, the Projectivists, and "Deep Image" poets. Included, too,is the rich array of poetry written since 1975-language and performancepoetry, the work of African American, Hispanic, Asian American, gay andlesbian, and women experimentalists.<br /><br />In addition, a final section of poetics-with writings by Frank O'Hara,Denise Levertov, Jerome Rothenberg, Amiri Baraka, and CharlesBernstein, among others-provides valuable contexts for reading thepoems.