Stein, Kevin, 1954-,

Poetry's Afterlife Verse in the Digital Age / [print] Kevin Stein. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Library, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

"Digital culture books"--Ser. t.p.

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. On poets and aesthetic history. Paper or plastic, Pepsi or Coke, irony or sincerity? ; -- "The only courage is joy!": ecstasy and doubt in James Wright's poetry-- -- Playing favorites: American poetry's top ten-ism fetish ; -- "When the frost is on the punkin": newspaper poetry's history and decline-- -- Aesthetic dodo ; -- 2. On technology & the writerly life. Poems and pixels: the work of art in an age of digital reproduction-- -- A digital poetry playlist: varieties of video and new media poetries-- -- These drafts and castoffs: mapping literary manuscripts-- -- Death by zeroes and ones: the fate of literary "papers" ; -- 3. On teaching and the writer's workshop. The hammer-- -- Voice: what you say and how readers hear it-- -- Why kids hate poetry-- -- Whitman's sampler: an assortment of youth poems ; -- 4. After silence. (Hidden track): poetry in public places.

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American poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
Poetry--Appreciation--History--United States--20th century.
Poetry--Appreciation--History--United States--21st century.

PS326 PS326.P964.P648 2010