Abstract

Atwood to Homer; Bogan to Swift; Kizer to Lowell; Sexton to Snodgrass: the women poets in The Muse Strikes Back are anything but silent. This lively anthology of spirited backtalk introduces the reply poem -- a form in which the female subject of a male poet tells her side of the story. These poems are addressed to every level of the male-dominated poetry canon -- from the Bible to Bukowski -- and range in tone from wryly amused to fiercely outraged. --Story Line Press.