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Books by Ellen Mcgrath Smith






Nobody's Jackknife
by Ellen Mcgrath Smith
Paperback, 82 Pages, Published 2016 by West End Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-9910742-8-0, ISBN: 0-9910742-8-9

"With insight, humor, and uncompromising honesty, Nobody's Jackknife explores power and powerlessness, violence and tenderness, addiction and love. These poems refuse to separate the mundane from the profound: Rolling Rock beer, the racial coding of baseball players, and a melodic litany of yoga asanas intertwine in this brilliant and compelling collection. In 1960s Pittsburgh, a young girl finds her way to adulthood in a family dominate ..."






Lolita 2nd Edition Expanded Version 2001
by Regina Mccullough Cass, Ellen Mcgrath Smith, Jan Beatty, Jan Beaty
Paperback, 28 Pages, Published 2001 by Another Thing Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-885905-23-9, ISBN: 1-885905-23-8

"This is a powerful collection of inspiring Women's poetry. An out spoken collection about relationships between fathers and daughters, women and lovers, and mothers to their children. The first edition of this printed work by these three women was published in 1994, before they performed for Lollapalloosa of the same year. This limited edition was reprinted last year by popular demand."






The Dog Makes His Rounds and Other Poems
by Ellen Mcgrath Smith
Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 2002 by Another Thing Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-0-9725643-0-4, ISBN: 0-9725643-0-6

"This poetry book presents the personal narrative of a daughter with a powerful father...a police sergeant who ruled at work and in his home. This takes a first hand look from the eyes of that daughter during the father's illness which finally brings her true love of her father into reality."






Jayne Cortez, Adrienne Rich, and the Feminist Superhero
Voice, Vision, Politics, and Performance in U.S. Contemporary Women's Poetics
by Laura Hinton, Linda Stein, Renee M. Kingan, Linda Kinnahan, Deborah Mix, Kirsten Bartholomew Ortega, Conor Tomas Reed, Ellen Mcgrath Smith, Lexington Books
Hardcover, 322 Pages, Published 2016 by Lexington Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-2873-3, ISBN: 1-4985-2873-2

"One a lyric "confessional" poet and essayist, the other a jazz "spoken-word" performance artist, Adrienne Rich and Jayne Cortez were American feminist superheroes who produced extensive bodies of poetic work that reveal strangely overlapping visions, but in radically different voices and poetic styles. This book reconsiders the poetry activism of Cortez and Rich side-by-side, engaging poetics theory, cultural studies, and popular media ..."






Jayne Cortez, Adrienne Rich, and the Feminist Superhero
Voice, Vision, Politics, and Performance in U.S. Contemporary Women's Poetics
by Laura Hinton, Renee M. Kingan, Linda Kinnahan, Deborah Mix, Kirsten Bartholomew Ortega, Conor Tomas Reed, Ellen Mcgrath Smith, Linda Stein
Paperback, 322 Pages, Published 2017 by Lexington Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-2875-7, ISBN: 1-4985-2875-9

"One a lyric "confessional" poet and essayist, the other a jazz "spoken-word" performance artist, Adrienne Rich and Jayne Cortez were American feminist superheroes who produced extensive bodies of poetic work that reveal strangely overlapping visions, but in radically different voices and poetic styles. This book reconsiders the poetry activism of Cortez and Rich side-by-side, engaging poetics theory, cultural studies, and popular media ..."






Hammer and Blaze(Updated)
A Gathering of Contemporary American Poets
by Heather Mchugh, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Anne Carson, B. Fairchild, Alan Williamson, Barbara Greenberg, Betty Adcock, Brigit Kelly, Brooks Haxton, Campbell Mcgrath, Carl Dennis, Carl Phillips, Carol Frost, Chase Twichell, Chris Forhan, Claudia Rankine, Daniel Tobin, David Baker, Debra Allbery, Edward Hirsch, Dean Young, Grace Schulman, Jean Valentine, Joan Aleshire, John Skoyles, Kathleen Peirce, Larry Levis, Kenneth Rosen, Karen Brennan, Laura Kasischke, Lynn, Louise, Professor Eleanor Wilner, Professor Gregory Orr, Lucia Perillo, Marianne Boruch, Mary Leader, Maura Stanton, Maureen Howe, Michael Collier, Michael Ryan, Pablo Medina, Peter Cooley, Renate Wood, Robert Wrigley, Roger Fanning, Roland Flint, Stephen Dobyns, Stephen Dunn, Steve Orlen, Stuart Dischell, Thomas Lux, Tom Andrews, Tom Sleigh, Dr David Smith Phd, Reginald Gibbons, Susan Stewart, Tony Hoagland, David Smith, Eleanor Wilner, Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voight
Paperback, 347 Pages, Published 2002 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-2416-6, ISBN: 0-8203-2416-7

""Hammer and Blaze" provides a true cross-section of the best contemporary poets writing in North America today. Editors Ellen Bryant Voigt and Heather McHugh have brought together the work of sixty poets who have taught at the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers, one of the most respected and influential writing programs of its kind.The stellar group of contributors includes MacArthur fellows Campbell McGrath, Anne Carson, Edward Hirs ..."

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