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Sweet Nothings: An Anthology of Rock and Roll in American Poetry
Published in Paperback by Indiana University Press (1994)
Author: Jim Elledge
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Hey, baby, let's rock!
Bop-bap-a-loopa-a-bop-bam-boom. You haven't rocked ALL the way around the clock until you've read this collection of rock and roll poetry by exceptional writers from across the nation. Get all shook up with Elvis or howl with Dylan. Trot down Memory Lane through vignettes of musicians living the good life or relive the heartbreak of rockers who left us too young and too soon. The music is in the words and in the memories that are crafted by these many artists, crafted in tones of reverence, of playfulness, and, mainly, of love for American rock and roll. This is a one-of-a-kind collection that should be part of everyone's library. It also makes a terrific collection for use in the classroom


Bewitched (Lords of Danger)
Published in Paperback by Signet (06 February, 2001)
Author: Heather Cullman
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One of the best examples of modern poetry
This is the perfect book for people who like to read poems about things that we are faced with every day. These are truthful accounts and they speak from the heart of those who are writting their stories. This novel includes poems about Barbie Dolls, pornography, the challenges of being bi-sexual and captures a rather large picture of our American culture. This is an excellent book for any one who likes Popular Culture and for those who do not like to analyze their poetry! Very easy to read and highly entertaining.

The Cure For Our Schizophrenic Culture
It has always bothered me to read pretentious modern poetry which makes reference to Greek mythology, ancient history, and other esoteric subjects which are the delight of scholars but which are completely irrelevant to our life and times. Ezra Pound is a particularly aggravating practitioner of scholarly poetry. Modern poetry should be capable of embracing our tawdry popular culture and transforming it into the sublime though the simple devices of contemplation and intellectualization. The poet should have something to say about shopping malls and television even if only to point out how they provide depersonalizing experiences which tend to isolate us.

Real Things contains many poems that are delightful if only for their subject matter; poems about Gilligan's Island, soap operas, Superman, Frankenstein's monster, grocery stores, shopping malls, and strippers. Many of these poems are easier to relate to than "serious poetry" because the poets are being true to their actual experience of the mundane which is far more likely to speak to our life experiences than another retelling of the tragedy of Orpheus.

There are a few notable poets missing from this anthology. I think Charles Bukowski, Lyn Lifshin, and Gerald Locklin have written enough poems of this nature to deserve inclusion in such a collection. Maybe the editors could not get permission from the publishers but the absence of these poets suggests that this is still poetry for the elite.


Littlefoot's New Friends (Land Before Time)
Published in Hardcover by Grosset & Dunlap (1988)
Authors: David Kirschner and Judy Freudberg
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Supply of Heroes
Published in Paperback by New American Library (1987)
Author: James Carroll
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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Myths from the Arapaho to the Zuni: An Anthology (American Indian Studies, V. 13)
Published in Paperback by Peter Lang Publishing (2002)
Authors: Jim Elledge, Elizabeth Hoffman Nelson, and Malcolm A. Nelson
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Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, Book 1)
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Spectra (26 November, 2002)
Author: Robin Hobb
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James Dickey: A Bibliography, 1947-1974 (Author Bibliographies Series No.40)
Published in Paperback by Scarecrow Press (1979)
Author: Jim Elledge
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Masquerade: Queer Poetry in America to the End of World War II
Published in Paperback by Indiana University Press (2003)
Author: Jim Elledge
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Epitaph for a Spy (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Published in Paperback by Vintage Books (05 February, 2002)
Author: Eric Ambler
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Various Envies: Poems
Published in Paperback by Copper Beech Press (1989)
Author: Jim Elledge
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