poetry, modern

Profiles twenty-six Surrealist poets, including Louis Aragon, Andr? Breton, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Neruda, and James Tate, and provides a brief biography of each poet and a list of their works and achievements.

Presents interviews with twelve significant contemporary poets, including Seamus Heaney, Donald Hall, Rita Dove, and Bei Dao, about their lives and their craft.

A collection of twemtieth-century poems, each read by its author.

Presents the poems of twenty-four contemporary poets such as Allen Ginsberg, Ntozake Shange, and William S. Burroughs. Features the printed text of each poem and a movie of the author reading his work. Includes some brief interviews.