Poets Against the War

Sam Hamill, Sally Anderson

Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2003 - Poetry - 263 pages

Led by poet Sam Hamill, February 12, 2003 became a day of Poetry Against the War conducted as a reading at the White House gates in addition to over 160 public readings in many different countries and almost all of the 50 states. Since then, over 9,000 poets have joined this grassroots peace movement by submitting poems and statements to www.poetsagainstthewar.org, registering their opposition to the Bush administration's headlong plunge toward war in Iraq. Poets Against the War features a selection of the best poems that were submitted to the website. Contributors include: Adrienne Rich, W.S. Merwin, Galway Kinnell, Robert Bly, Marilyn Hacker, Grace Schulman, Shirley Kaufman, Wanda Coleman, Yusef Komunyakaa, Hayden Carruth, Jane Hirshfield, Tess Gallagher, Sandra Cisneros, former Poet Laureate Rita Dove, and many others.

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Review: Poets Against the War

User Review  - Aly - Goodreads

These are important voices - the genesis of this work rose out of the war against Iraq. I remember my first fear after the 911 attacks that we would go to war and all the loss that would entail not just for our country but for the world.

Review: Poets Against the War

User Review  - Joanne - Goodreads

I helped Virginia Adair get her poem to Sally Anderson, who has become a friend. Poetry lives, this is a fine collection.

About the author

Sam Hamill was born in 1942 in Utah. He attended Los Angeles Valley College and the University of California in Santa Barbara. He became a poet, and author who taught inmates in prison. He established Copper Canyon Press with Tree Swenson and other poets. He put out the Sam Hamill Papers which were composed of Hamill's own poetry, his work as editor for other poet's works and records of some of his other activities. He also received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and a Guggenheim Memorial fellowship. He is author of over 30 books including original poetry and essays and translations from Chinese, Japanese, and Greek. Among his works are Nootka Rose and Dumb Luck.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Poets Against the War
• Editors: Sam Hamill, Sally Anderson
• Contributor: Sally Anderson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2003
• ISBN: 1560255390, 9781560255390
• Length: 263 pages
• Subjects: Poetry / American / General; Poetry / Anthologies (multiple authors); Political Science / Peace; Technology & Engineering / Military Science