All We Know of Pleasure

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Poetic Erotica by Women

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All We Know of Pleasure is a groundbreaking anthology of erotic poetry written by women from the past 75 years. Featuring celebrated poets such as Sharon Olds, Elizabeth Alexander, Anne Sexton, and Adrienne Rich, it challenges traditional notions of erotic poetry by revealing how desire can infuse even ordinary moments. The collection spans diverse voices across ethnicity, geography, and sexual orientation, emphasising poetry's power to express the intimate and inexpressible.
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This anthology is ideal for readers interested in contemporary poetry, women's writing, and explorations of sexuality through art and culture.

A groundbreaking anthology of well-known female poets that broadens traditional notions of erotic poetry.

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Here is the good stuff: poetry written by women that actually excites the thinking reader. This anthology, spanning work of the last 75 years, will broaden its readers' notions of what defines erotic poetry. For what is more intriguing, more satisfying than strong, self-assured writing?

This groundbreaking anthology, All We Know of Pleasure, includes the most popular women writers—among them Sharon Olds, Elizabeth Alexander, Anne Sexton, Dorianne Laux, Denise Levertov, Adrienne Rich, Lucille Clifton, and Louise Glück. These poets fully demonstrate that, far from being prurient, the erotic can permeate even the most mundane aspects of life, from reading a book to buying clothes.

At the same time, the collection affirms the enormous meaningfulness of poetry—its ability to express the inexpressible and to illuminate the most private and intimate of human experiences. The poets included here represent different ethnicities, geographies, social classes, and sexual preferences. The only characteristic they share is that they are women writing about sex.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780932112972

Publisher: Carolina Wren Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 January 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Carolina Wren Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Contributions by Elizabeth Alexander
Contributions by Lucille Clifton
Contributions by Adrienne Rich
Contributions by Dorianne Laux
Edited by Enid Shomer
Contributions by Denise Levertov

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 190.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

Collections

Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Enid Shomer, Anthology Editor

Poet and fiction writer Enid Shomer is the author of four books of poetry and three of fiction, most recently the novel The Twelve Rooms of the Nile (Simon & Schuster, 2012). Her work has been collected in more than fifty anthologies and textbooks, including POETRY: A Harper Collins Pocket Anthology, Best American Poetry, and New Stories from the South. Two of her books, Stars at Noon (poetry) and Imaginary Men (short fiction), were the subject of feature interviews on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered. In 2013, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Writing from the Florida Humanities Council.