My poem "He Wants to Be The Lion of Lonely-Hearts" appears in this new tome, which means I appear in a book alongside such dignitaries as Marge Piercy and Patricia Smith(!!!) among others. Because the Red Beard Press website is a little...odd...and information on this book was hard for me to find, I'm going to quote the flavor text verbatim below. It explains the unique approach to this book, which explains the circumstances where my work could actually appear with Patricia Smith's.
"A revolutionary one-of-a-kind poetry anthology, Uncommon Core: Contemporary Poems for Learning and Living, features over 250 poems from 92 poets. A year ago students from Red Beard Press’ editorial board at the Neutral Zone decided they weren't seeing enough contemporary poetry in their high school classrooms so they decided to do something about it. They embarked on a journey to create what they wanted to see – the ultimate collection of contemporary poems for classroom use."
"Red Beard Press created an open call for submissions which was sent around the country. The response was overwhelming. The editors spent six months combing through submissions ranging from emerging poets who had never previously been published to major award-winners and National Book Award Finalists and ferreting out which poems they thought would make the collection strongest. Now the book is finally here and it's beautiful and it's got eye-popping, ear-electrifying poetry from people like Patricia Smith, Kim Addonizio, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Naomi Shihab-Nye, Tim Seibles, Adam Falkner, Angel Nafis, Patrick Rosak, Ross Gay, Molly Raynor, Jeff McDaniel and so many more incredible poets. This unique collection aims to be in classrooms and on bookshelves across the country."
I'm psyched that my contributor's copy is on its way. The rest of you, please click here to grab this book.
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