Extraordinary Tide

Susan Aizenberg is assistant professor of english and creative writing at Creighton University and the poetry editor of The Nebraska Review, both in Omaha, Nebraska. Her poems have appeared in places such as Chelsea, ONTHEBUS, Prairie Schooner, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her collection of poems, Peru, appeared as part of the Graywolf Press Take 3 Series. She teaches at Creighton University.Erin Belieu, a contributing editor at AGNI, The Kenyon Review, and The Journal, teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Ohio University. Belieu is the author of two poetry collections from Copper Canyon Press, One Above & One Below(2000) and Infanta (1995), which was a selection of the National Poetry Series. Her poems have appeared in places such as The New York Times, The Yale Review, TriQuarterly and The Atlantic Monthly.

The Extraordinary Tide is an extraordinary and important anthology that anyone interested in contemporary American poetry will want to read and cherish. The voices in this book are diverse; the kinds of poems gathered here are various in style and subject. But the one assumption that underlies and animates every line of every poem is that inclusiveness, intellectual and imaginative restlessness, impurity and radical play are the life blood of our language and our literature, renewing the very conventions and traditions they resist. Contemporary American women poets have given a great gift to all students of poetry, to all of us who go to poetry for news of what it means to be a human being at this moment in our history. -- Alan Shapiro, University of North Carolina It has been too long since such a comprehensive collection was published, and anyone who cares about women's poetry should read it... This book deserves a place on your bookshelf alongside the Norton and Oxford anthologies. San Diego Union Tribune

• Marjorie Agosin Ai Susan Aizenberg Sandra Alcosser Elizabeth Alexander Pamela Alexander Julia Alvarez Angela Ball Dorothy Barresi Robin Becker Erin Belieu Linda Bierds Chana Bloch Michelle Boisseau Catherine Bowman Luci Brock-Broido Olga Broumas Teresa Cader Marilyn Chin --Lucille Clifton Judith Ortiz Cofer Martha Collins Jane Cooper Kate Daniels Madeline DeFrees Toi Derricotte Deborah Digges Rita Dove Nancy Eimers Lynn Emanuel Angie Estes Kathy Fagan Canice Favilla Carolyn Forche Alice Fulton Tess Gallagher Amy Gerstler Patricia Goedicke Beckian Fritz Goldberg Jorie Graham Linda Gregerson Linda Gregg Marilyn Hacker Rachel Hadas Kimiko Hahn Susan Hahn Brenda Hillman Jane Hirshfield Linda Hogan Janet Holmes Fanny Howe Marie Howe Lynda Hull Barbara Jordan Allison Joseph Brigit Pegeen Kelly Jane Kenyon Mary Kinzie Carolyn Kizer Maxine Kumin Ann Lauterbach Dorianne Laux Cleopatra Mathis Gail Mazur Heather McHugh Lynne McMahon Sandra McPherson Jane Miller Susan Mitchell Thylias Moss Lisel Mueller Laura Mullen Carol Muske Marilyn Nelson Alice Notley Naomi Shihab Nye Sharon Olds Jacqueline Osherow Alicia Suskin Ostriker Linda Pastan Molly Peacock Lucia Perillo Marie Ponsot Minnie Bruce Pratt Claudia Rankine Hilda Raz Martha Rhodes Adrienne Rich Mary Ruefle Kay Ryan Mary Jo Salter Leslie Scalapino Grace Schulman Maureen Seaton Rebecca Seiferle Vivian Shipley Aleda Shirley Betsy Sholl Maurya Simon Cathy Song Elizabeth Spires Pamela Stewart Susan Stewart Ruth Stone Stephanie Strickland Terese Svoboda Ann Townsend Chase Twichell Leslie Ullman Jean Valentine Mona Van Duyn Ellen Bryant Voigt Belle Waring Rosanna Warren Rachel Wetzsteon Susan Wheeler Elanor Wilner C. D. Wright