Contributors include: Elizabeth Alexander Julia Alvarez Bruce Bawer Rafael Campo Thomas M. Disch Frederick Feirstein Dana Gioia Emily Grosholz Robert Samuel Gwynn Marilyn Hacker Rachel Hadas Andrew Hudgins Paul Lake Sydney Lea Brad Leithauser Phillis Levin Charles Martin Marilyn Nelson Molly Peacock Wyatt Prunty Mary Jo Salter Timothy Reid Steele Frederick Turner Rachel Wetzsteon Greg Williamson Twenty-five young poets (by fiat born after 1940) make up the angels in this collection who carry on a curious "rebellion" against the then rebellious poetry of the 1960s and 1970s, which had waged such an effective war against rhyme, meter, narrative, and all such other traditional artifices deemed antithetical to Truth. Their work is anthologized here under the banner of "The New Formalism," a program committed to the rediscovery of the "inherent power of measured speech, even rhyme, and the power of narrative." The result is a collection of poems that clearly gain focus and accessibility from the rigor of the formulas and rules they unabashedly embrace, without, in most cases, losing the alleged honesty and sincerity that unfettered "free verse" had formerly promised. These are good poems that render a wide variety of contemporary American experiences. Recommended for general readers and particularly for those interested in modern poetry.?Thomas F. Merrill, Sanibel P.L., Fla. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. Deadwood Dick by Elizabeth Alexander Letter: Blues by Elizabeth Alexander Who I Think You Are by Elizabeth Alexander From 33 by Julia Alvarez How I Learned To Sweep by Julia Alvarez Woman's Work by Julia Alvarez Grand Central Station, 20 December 1987 by Bruce Bawer On Leaving The Artists' Colony by Bruce Bawer The View From An Airplane At Night, Over California by Bruce Bawer Allegory by Rafael Campo Aunt Toni's Heart by Rafael Campo El Dia De Los Muertos by Rafael Campo For J. W. by Rafael Campo Ballade Of The New God by Thomas M. Disch A Bookmark by Thomas M. Disch The Clouds by Thomas M. Disch Convalescing In London by Thomas M. Disch Entropic Villanelle by Thomas M. Disch The Rapist's Villanelle by Thomas M. Disch Zewhyexary by Thomas M. Disch Mark Stern by Frederick Feirstein Mark Stern Wakes Up by Frederick Feirstein The Rune-maker by Frederick Feirstein Counting The Children by Dana Gioia The Country Wife by Dana Gioia Guide To The Other Gallery by Dana Gioia Lives Of The Great Composers by Dana Gioia Maze Without A Minotaur by Dana Gioia My Confessional Sestina by Dana Gioia Summer Storm by Dana Gioia Back Trouble by Emily Grosholz Eden by Emily Grosholz Life Of A Salesman by Emily Grosholz The Old Fisherman by Emily Grosholz On The Ferry, Toward Patras by Emily Grosholz The Outer Banks by Emily Grosholz Remembering The Ardeche by Emily Grosholz Among Philistines by Robert Samuel Gwynn Anacreontic by Robert Samuel Gwynn Approaching A Significant Birthday, He Peruses The Norton Anthology Of by Robert Samuel Gwynn Body Bags by Robert Samuel Gwynn The Classroom At The Mall by Robert Samuel Gwynn The Drive-in by Robert Samuel Gwynn Release by Robert Samuel Gwynn Cancer Winter by Marilyn Hacker Coda, Sels. by Marilyn Hacker Elevens by Marilyn Hacker Elysian Fields by Marilyn Hacker Nights Of 1964-1966: The Old Reliable by Marilyn Hacker Rune Of The Finlland Woman by Marilyn Hacker Wagers by Marilyn Hacker Journey Out by Rachel Hadas Mo Ments Of Summer by Rachel Hadas The Red Hat by Rachel Hadas Sentimental Education by Rachel Hadas Three Silences by Rachel Hadas Dead Christ by Andrew Hudgins Elegy For My Father, Who Is Not Dead by Andrew Hudgins The Hereafter by Andrew Hudgins Praying Drunk by Andrew Hudgins Saints And Strangers: 1. At The Piano by Andrew Hudgins Saints And Strangers: 2. Eve's Sin by Andrew Hudgins Saints And Strangers: 3. Where The River Jordan Ends by Andrew Hudgins Saints And Strangers: 4. Loose Change by Andrew Hudgins Saints And Strangers: 5. The Southern Crescent Was On Time by Andrew Hudgins Saints And Strangers: 6. A Kiss In Church by Andrew Hudgins Saints And Strangers: 7. Glossolalia by Andrew Hudgins Saints And Strangers: 8. Saints And Strangers by Andrew Hudgins The Telling by Andrew Hudgins Two Ember Days In Alabama by Andrew Hudgins Blue Jay by Paul Lake Crime And Punishment by Paul Lake In Rough Weather by Paul Lake Introduction To Poetry by Paul Lake At The Flyfisher's Shack by Sydney Lea Clouded Evening, Late September by Sydney Lea The Feud by Sydney Lea Insomnia: The Distances by Sydney Lea Telescope by Sydney Lea The Wrong Way Will Haunt You (shooting A Hound) by Sydney Lea The Ghost Of A Ghost by Brad Leithauser The Haunted by Brad Leithauser Old Bachelor Brother by Brad Leithauser Post-coitum Tristesse: A S