This is an anthology of what the author call maverick poets.He states that these poets share "a common resistance to the pervasive style of 20th century verse, with its debilitating preference for the tepid, mannered and opaque." It includes poets like Charles Bukowski, Wanda Coleman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Judy Grahn, Jack Grapes, Harold Norse, Sharon Olds, and Gary Snyder.

Studying the non-conventional and non-academic poetry of the later 20th century.

The selection of accessible poetry

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Steve Kowits edited the book. He is a poet.

It gives you a nice collection of poetry not from academia.

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