Contemporary Poets

Profiles the most influential and celebrated contemporary poets around the globe. Salem’s comprehensive coverage of poets and poetry continues with this two-volume supplement to the Critical Survey of Poetry (14 volumes, 2011).

Containing 200 all new entries in two volumes, this collection of biographical profiles brings the Critical Survey up to the present day.

The articles detail the lives and works of poets who have been active in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries who did not appear in the original 14-volume set.

We’ve included profiles of such popular poets as:-Eileen Myles-Walter Griffin-Morgan Parker-Javier Zamora-Dawn Lundy-Martin-IN-Q-Mei-mei Berssenbrugge-David DanielsAlso covered are critically-acclaimed poets who have been recognized with major awards, including recent winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Award for Poetry, and the Ruth Lilly Prize:-Forrest Gander (Pulitzer, 2019)-Tyehimba Jess (Pulitzer, 2017)-David Ferry (National Book Award, 2012; Ruth Lilly Prize, 2011)-Justin Phillip Reed (National Book Award, 2018)-Peter Balakian (Pulitzer Prize, 2016)-Daniel Borzutsky (National Book Award, 2016)-Ed Roberson (Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, 2016)-Robin Coste Lewis (National Book Award, 2015)-Mary Szybist (National Book Award, 2013)-Terrance Hayes (National Book Award, 2010)-Vijay Seshadri (Pulitzer, 2014)Designed for high school students and undergraduates, these easy-to-understand analytical essays provide new and interesting ways that the work of these influential, contemporary poets can be discussed and appreciated.