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Summary: Horses, Horses, Horses
Review: Oh man, this book is wonderful. 50 bazillion pages of poets you've never heard of. So very American (in the best possible sense), and so outside of academia and "respected" poetry. God bless the outlaws, doing it for themselves. Poetry belongs in the streets, on the ocean, in a grungy basement bar, and NOT in a dusty leather-smelling library! Read: d.a. levy, Jack Micheline, Eileen Myles, Bob Flanagan, Penny Arcade, Patti Smith and a whole bunch of others who's names I can't remember but who's poems I do.
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Summary: Horses, Horses, Horses
Review: Oh man, this book is wonderful. 50 bazillion pages of poets you've never heard of. So very American (in the best possible sense), and so outside of academia and "respected" poetry. God bless the outlaws, doing it for themselves. Poetry belongs in the streets, on the ocean, in a grungy basement bar, and NOT in a dusty leather-smelling library! Read: d.a. levy, Jack Micheline, Eileen Myles, Bob Flanagan, Penny Arcade, Patti Smith and a whole bunch of others who's names I can't remember but who's poems I do.
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Summary: The best of all worlds
Review: The Outlaw Bible is probably the definitive collection of American outsider poetry of the last half century--and I don't say that only because my poetry is included. Holding this big, mean volume is like clutching the dark electric streets that gave it life and feeling the vibration of poetic history ringing through one's body. Kudos to Kaufman and Griffin and the inhouse editor at Thunder's Mouth for their superb eye and ear, and for making this historical book possible. Doing it any better would have been somewhere beyond impossible.
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Summary: The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry is brilliant!
Review: The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry by Alan Kaufman is a brilliant anthology, maybe the greatest anthology of new American poetry I've ever read. Part of its genuis is that"Outlaw" breaks new ground, introducing poets unknown to the mainstream while showing how they belong to the Outlaw lineage begun by WC Williams and later the Beats. And I like the way "Outlaw" mixes up the poetry with mini-histories of poets live's and scenes and has lots of wild pictures of poets and motorcycles and cafes and what not. That's great. This book announces a new canon in Americn poetry, has the depth and insight to be taught in classrooms even, but I bet every dreaming kid too from New York to Wichita to LA is going to read this book as a manifesto of revolt and liberation and to get up and do something with your life, be a poet of life!
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Summary: The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry is brilliant!
Review: The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry by Alan Kaufman is a brilliant anthology, maybe the greatest anthology of new American poetry I've ever read. Part of its genuis is that"Outlaw" breaks new ground, introducing poets unknown to the mainstream while showing how they belong to the Outlaw lineage begun by WC Williams and later the Beats. And I like the way "Outlaw" mixes up the poetry with mini-histories of poets live's and scenes and has lots of wild pictures of poets and motorcycles and cafes and what not. That's great. This book announces a new canon in Americn poetry, has the depth and insight to be taught in classrooms even, but I bet every dreaming kid too from New York to Wichita to LA is going to read this book as a manifesto of revolt and liberation and to get up and do something with your life, be a poet of life!
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Summary: A Shot in the Arm for American Poetry
Review: The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry is the most interesting and exciting anthology I have come across in many years. As a teacher of English at both the high school and college level, I am constantly looking for a more modern and exciting way to introduce poetry to my students. This anthology is what I've been looking for. It has a myriad of inovative new writers aa well as some older ones who were ahead of their time. And, most importantly, it makes poetry fun and available to the students of today. Well done, Mr. Kaufman, well done!
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Summary: finally a book of poetry for the modern erea!
Review: This book is not for the poetic faint of heart. This is smashmouth modern poetry at its best. The verse in this volume is over the top. In short, for the most part poems in this volume are kicking butt and taking names. It has been a while since i have been moved by poetry, the first time was in high school the when i was exposed to william carlos williams. buy this book! this poetry is fantastic! read it and learn!
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Summary: I think you forgot something...
Review: This is a five star book, as others have mentioned, except for one thing: there is not a word from good old Charles Bukowski. I'm not trying to negate the worth of the book (or any or the works contained therein), but how can you have an outlaw bible of poetry without Bukowski? Seems like one hell of an oversight to me, therefore, in response to its stark incompleteness, I give this book only three stars. In this book there are works by many poets who I had not heard of previous to my purchase of it. If an ommision as big as leaving out Bukowski is acceptable to the editor, Alan Kaufman, how are we to know what else he's simply skipped at our expense?
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Summary: Outlaw outshines other books
Review: This is the sharpest assemblage of new world voices yet to hit the cultural arena. It's going to shake the foundations of the poetry world. And its a supurb read!
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Summary: a nice look at the outlaws of poetry
Review: This was a pretty good collection of poetry. about a third of it was really bad, about a third of it was okay, good poetry, but there was a third of it that was outstanding poetry. one problem i had was that many of the well-known great poets in this collection contributed work that definately wasn't their best. and i'm sure they left some out. but still, i'd say it definately needs to be in any poet's collection.
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