Isn't It Romantic: 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets

Edited by Brett Fletcher Lauer and Aimee Kelley, Isn’t It Romantic offers an engaging look at how contemporary poets respond afresh to the well-trammeled territory of the love poem. Award-winning poets from across the country lend their voices to this important document of contemporary poetry. The book also features a bonus full-length audio CD of love songs by independent recording artists. Contributors include Brenda Shaughnessy, Claudia Rankine, D.A. Powell, Kevin Young, Timothy Donnelly, and Olena Kalytiak Davis, among others.