Privacy Policy: the Anthology of Surveillance Poetics

by Andrew Ridker (Editor)

Drones, phone taps, NSA leaks, internet tracking—the headlines confirm it—we are living in a state of constant surveillance, and the idea of “the private sphere" is no longer what it used to be. Privacy Policy: The Anthology of Surveillance Poetics responds to this timely and crucial issue through the voices of over fifty contemporary poets, including Robert Pinsky, Jorie Graham, John Ashbery, Rae Armantrout, Nikki Giovanni, and D.A. Powell. Nature, ethics, technology, sex, the internet—no voyeuristic stone goes unturned in this expansive exploration of the individual, information, and how we are watched.

CONTRIBUTORS

Emily Abendroth, Nick Admussen, Rae Armantrout, John Ashbery, Ken Babstock, Mary Jo Bang, Jessica Baran, Micah Bateman, Mark Bibbins, Melissa Broder, Stephen Burt, Dan Chelotti, Feng Chen, Paula Cisewski, David Clewell, Victoria Chang, Joshua Clover, CAConrad, Michael Earl Craig, Andrew Durbin, Ben Fama, Graham Foust, Nikki Giovanni, Eileen G'Sell, Elisa Gabbert, Jorie Graham, Richard Greenfield, Joe Hall, Max Hjortsberg, Harmony Holiday, Cathy Park Hong, Joanna Kaminski, Amy King, John Kinsella, Hoa Nguyen, Noelle Kocot, EJ Koh, Jennifer Kronovet, Dorothea Lasky, Anthony McCann, Maureen N. McLane, Joyelle McSweeney, Ben Mirov, Ange Mlinko, Paul Muldoon, Eileen Myles, Carrie Oeding, Robert Pinsky, D.A. Powell, Jed Rasula, Matthew Rohrer, Dana Roeser, Raphael Rubinstein, Tomaz Salamun, Zach Savich, Danniel Schoonebeek, Damion Searls, Tim Seibles, Kent Shaw, Mónica de la Torre, Jean Valentine, Joni Wallace, Thera Webb, Dara Wier, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, and Matthew Zapruder.

Genres: Poetry

200 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2014

About the author

Andrew Ridker’s debut novel, The Altruists, was translated into more than a dozen languages. His sophomore novel, Hope, was named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker and the Boston Globe. Both books were named New York Times Editors’ Choices. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, and Le Monde, among many other publications. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he is the founder of the Prospect Writers’ Workshop.

Reviews

[C. Varn · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting conceptual anthology: what is surveillance poetics really like? This leads to a lot of meta-poetics and analytical works. There are some really interesting poems in the book by John Ashbery, Rae Armantrout, Dorothea Lasky, Elisa Gabbert, D.A. Powell, etc. A good mixture of levels of fame and kinds of poetics.

[Emrys Donaldson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great anthology. Uniformly excellent! Wish there were a subsequent volume. Particularly loved the poems by Ben Fama and Joyelle McSweeney.

[Ray Ogar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wide variety ranging from 3 star to 5 star