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The Essential C.D. Wright
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The Essential C.D.
Wright collects key poems that span C. D. Wright's innovative career, showcasing her range from intimate lyric pieces to documentary and collaborative projects.
The volume emphasizes her unique voice that combined vernacular speech, formal experimentation, and deep engagement with place and community.
Readers encounter Wright's capacity to excavate overlooked lives and scenes, to fuse colloquial directness with inventive syntax, and to interrogate American histories.
This collection serves both as an introduction for new readers and a consolidated resource for those familiar with her work, highlighting why Wright remains significant in contemporary American poetry.
It was published in May 2025, offering timely access to selections from her oeuvre.
Wright collects key poems that span C. D. Wright's innovative career, showcasing her range from intimate lyric pieces to documentary and collaborative projects.
The volume emphasizes her unique voice that combined vernacular speech, formal experimentation, and deep engagement with place and community.
Readers encounter Wright's capacity to excavate overlooked lives and scenes, to fuse colloquial directness with inventive syntax, and to interrogate American histories.
This collection serves both as an introduction for new readers and a consolidated resource for those familiar with her work, highlighting why Wright remains significant in contemporary American poetry.
It was published in May 2025, offering timely access to selections from her oeuvre.
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Adrian Matejka Reads C.D. Wright
