American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry Business_Gift_Guide Beth is a compelling storyteller

Beth is a compelling storyteller

in her new standalone poetry collection

leading you toward renewed calm and energy

including The Great Wave

American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry Business_Gift_Guide Beth is a compelling storytellerThis spirited anthology of contemporary American poetry focuses on the new poemthe hybrida synthesis of traditional and experimental styles. As Cole Swensen argues in the introduction to this comprehensive new anthology, the long acknowledged "fundamental division" between experimental and traditional is disappearing in American poetry in favor of hybrid approaches that blend trends from accessible lyricism to linguistic exploration. The focus in