The Anthology of Black Mountain College Poetry

Blake Hobby is former executive editor of Black Mountain College Studies.
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Alessandro Porco is associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
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Joseph Bathanti is McFarlane Family Distinguished Professor of Interdisciplinary Education at Appalachian State University.
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“Like the experimental college whose poetic heritage it documents, this collection is a marvel, literally the best presentation of any literary phenomenon we have had in the United States. Nothing half so meticulous exists for the Beats, the New York School, the Spicer Circle, or the San Francisco Renaissance. Not just the famous names, but short-term faculty, students, affiliates, and visitors as well. This book raises the bar for everyone.”—Ron Silliman, author of The Alphabet

"This long-awaited Anthology of Black Mountain College Poetry expands our awareness of what constitutes that seminal time and place. Here, we get essential takes: Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, John Wieners, Paul Blackburn—plus others farther afield: Cage, Fuller, Goodman, Eigner, Levertov—and Josef Albers's elegant epigrams. Kudos to Editors Hobby, Porco, and Bathanti for deepening the field. Copious annotation adds to the pleasurable dive."—Vincent Katz, editor of Black Mountain College: Experiment in Art