Oh, God. It’s like an acceptance speech, I don’t want to offend anybody by leaving them out. Here is a very short list: Rae Armantrout, Alexander Chee, Alice Notley, Bernadette Mayer, Cathy Park Hong, David Trinidad, Denise Duhamel, Dennis Cooper, Dottie Lasky, Eileen Myles, Ellen Bass, Frank Bidart, Frank O’Hara, Justin Chin, Kim Addonizio, Natalie Diaz, Rick Barot, Wayne Koestenbaum, and countless others. And Jason Koo, absolute master of the long poem!
Every single one of these poets has challenged convention in their own way. I think that is the overarching takeaway from reading their work.
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