An anthology edited by Anne Waldman and Laura Wright
June 23, 2014 6 x 9 366 pages 978-1-56689-358-9
Cross Worlds engages cultural hybrids, trans-cultural alliances and associations, and the vital practice of poets working across borders.
Cross Worlds refers to cultural hybrids, transcultural alliances and associations. Contributors are from a range of places and disciplines and their work reflects the Jack Kerouac Schools unique zone of interaction, which runs parallel to more mainstream academic institutions. This fascinating compendium of documents, in essays, conversations, and Socratic raps, the vital work poets perform when they write across borders.
Contributors include:
Allen Ginsberg Eileen Myles Joanne Kyger Nicole Brossard Monica de la Torre Sherwin Bitsui Bei Dao Anselm Hollo
About the Author
Anne Waldmanis an internationally renowned poet, performer, and Distinguished Professor of Poetics at Naropa Universitys Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. She is the co-editor ofCivil Disobediences: Poetics and Politics in Actionand the author of over forty books, includingIn the Room of Never GrieveandVow to Poetry: Essays, Interviews, & Manifestos.
Laura Wright, co-editor ofBeats at Naropa(Coffee House Press, 2009), is a poet, map librarian, volunteer firefighter, and graduate of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. For a number of years she curated the Left Hand Reading Series in Boulder. She is the author ofPart of the Designas well as various chapbooks. Her translation of Henri MichauxsLa vie dans les plisis forthcoming from Action Books.