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The Imaginary Poets by Parker, Alan Michael, 1961- is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Imaginary Poets about?
The Imaginary Poets presents exceptional work from major poets who delight in assuming a new persona. But the book's ultimate goal is to explore the nature of what is it to make a poem? to make up a poet? To ""translate"" a workis that rewriting or writing? What about translating a work that never existed? What does it mean if you create the creator? In the tradition of Pessoa and Borges, The Imaginary Poets delves delightedly into the very act of invention with a wink, a smile and tremendous respect for the art. Translate a poem into English, offer a biography of the poet, and then write a short essay in which the poem, the poet, and the corpus are consideredand make all of it up, without once indicating you have done so. Thus charged were the twenty-two contributors to this volume, who in response produced poems ""translated"" from eighteen languages including Dirja, Vietnamese, Yiddish, and even from Egyptian hieroglyphs, poems that may be read in the grand literary tradition of heteronyms and alter egos... Alan Michael Parker Contributors include Aliki Barnstone, Josh Bell, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Martha Collins, Annie Finch, Judith Hall, Barbara Hamby, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Ga
Who reads The Imaginary Poets?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Parker, Alan Michael, 1961-
- Publisher
- Tupelo Press, Incorporated
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781932195200
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Memoir, Short Stories
- Rating
- 3.92 / 5 (23 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14