Bob Perelman

Bob Perelman is Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. His books of poetry include Iflife (2006) and Ten to One: Selected Poems (1999); among his works of criticism are The Marginalization of Poetry: Language Writing and Literary History (1996) and The Trouble with Genius: Reading Pound, Joyce, Stein, and Zukofsky (1994).


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Virtual Roundtable on The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics

First published in 1965, the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics is a reference volume for poetry enthusiasts and literary scholars alike. Last year, a significantly revised fourth edition appeared, covering 110 nations, regions, and languages, and with 250 new entries on subjects ranging from “boustrophedon” (bidirectional texts) to “hip-hop poetry” and “anthem, national.” Public […]