# What Persists: Selected Essays on Poetry from the Georgia Review, 1988-2014 - Hardcover

by **Judith Kitchen** (Author)

_What Persists_ contains eighteen of the nearly fifty essays on poetry that Judith Kitchen published in The _Georgia Review_ over a twenty-five-year span. Coming at the genre from every possible angle, this celebrated critic discusses work by older and younger poets, most American but some foreign, and many of whom were not yet part of the contemporary canon. Her essays reveal a cultural history from the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, through 9/11 and the Iraq War, and move into today's political climate. They chronicle personal interests while they also make note of what was happening in contemporary poetry by revealing overall changes of taste, both in content and in the use of craft. Over time, they fashion a comprehensive overview of the contemporary literary scene.

At its best, _What Persists_ shows what a wide range of poetry is being written--by women, men, poets who celebrate their ethnicity, poets who show a fierce individualism, poets whose careers have soared, promising poets whose work has all but disappeared.

### Author Biography

JUDITH KITCHEN was the author of many books, including _Perennials_, _Writing the World: Understanding William Stafford_, _The House on Eccles Street_, _Only the Dance_, and _The Circus Train_. She also edited or coedited four collections of nonfiction: _In Short_, _In Brief_, _Short Takes_, and _The Poets Guide to the Birds_. Her awards include two Pushcart Prizes for her essays, the Lillian Fairchild Award for her novel, the Anhinga Prize for poetry, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She died in 2014.

**Number of Pages:** 376

**Dimensions:** 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN

**Publication Date:** April 01, 2016

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