Kindergarde: Avant-Garde Poems, Plays, Stories, and Songs for Children

by Dana Teen Lomax (Editor)

Poetry. Drama. Young Adult Fiction. What do contemporary, avant-garde writers have to say to children? KINDERGARDE: AVANT-GARDE POEMS, PLAYS, STORIES, AND SONGS finds out! This Small Press Traffic-sponsored project features avant-garde writers from across the country who submitted work especially for children. The result is an award-winning anthology that offers young people new ideas about what poetry, story, and performance can be. KINDERGARDE is America's first avant-garde anthology for children of all ages. I scream! You scream! We all scream for experimental poetry!Contributors include: Akilah Oliver, Anne Waldman, Beverly Dahlen, Bhanu Kapil, Camille Roy, CAConrad, Cathy Park Hong, Claire Blotter, Charles Bernstein, Christian Bok, Douglas Kearney, Eileen Myles, Elise Ficarra, Etel Adnan, Harryette Mullen, giovanni singleton, Jaime Cortez, Jane Sprague, Joan Larkin, Joan Retallack, Jocelyn Saidenberg, Johanna Drucker, Juan Felipe Herrera, Juliana Spahr, Julie Patton, Kenny Goldsmith, Kevin Killian, Leslie Scalapino, Lyn Hejenian, M. NourbeSe Philip, Noelle Kocot, Robert Gluck, Robin Blaser, Rosmarie Waldrop, Sarah Anne Cox, Sawako Nakayasu, Susan Gevirtz, Vanessa Place, Wanda Coleman, Will Alexander, and many others!

Genres: Poetry

178 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 2013

Reviews

[Blessing ezekiel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kindergarde: Avant-Garde Poems, Plays, Stories, and Songs for Children, edited by Dana Teen Lomax, is a bold and refreshing anthology that challenges conventional ideas of children’s literature. What stood out most is how experimental poetry and performance are presented with curiosity rather than condescension, inviting young readers to engage with language, imagination, and form in genuinely new ways. A groundbreaking and thoughtful collection.

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Completely like nothing I've ever seen for children. I was fascinated and enthralled.