Anthologies: Find Your Favorite Mixed Tape of Poems
Hey poets!
In this episode, Lori helps listeners get in tune with one of poetry’s greatest and most economical resources: the poetry anthology.
Learn the five kinds of anthologies Lori loves and the potential drawbacks of each.
Historical Anthologies
Deep Dive Anthologies
Individual Anthologies or Collected Works
Group Anthologies
Mixed Tape Anthologies
If you’re looking for a way to explore poetry without over-committing to collections and keeping it light on your pocketbook, the mixed tape is your best bet. Listen now to find out how.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Historical (Norton Anthologies)
Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
Deep Dives
Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to the Present
The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem
Individuals and/or Collected Works
Complete Poems by Dorothy Parker
Marion Meade’s Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
The Essential Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
Groups
Beat Poets by Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets
Mixed Tape
Americans’ Favorite Poems: The Favorite Poem Project Anthology
The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis by Caroline Kennedy
Home is Where You Queer Your Heart Anthology
