Book DescriptionIn this timely and reflective anthology, the generation that sought to stay forever young reveals that midlife should mean more than jokes about thinning hair, creaking joints, and thickening waistlines Midlife's insightswhether they be physical, spiritual, or emotionalare indeed startling, and who better than poets ожьаы to deliver them? The nearly one hundred poets, both men and women, emerging and established, in this anthology move beyond the standard complaints of middle age to more resounding themes that define an entire generation: social, political, and environmental concerns, domestic partnerships and blended families, crises and affirmations of faith Some poets, like Ann Hostetler in Priestess of Love, revisit their youthful desires, while others, such as Jim Daniels in Blessing the House, summon memories of old houses and neighborhoods The Great Boomer Sellout is acknowledged in poems like Mart'n Espada's ironic take on an upscale restaurant and Marcia Southwick's melancholy assessment of the news And poets like Lisa Lewis, Holly Iglesias, and Tony Hoagland appraise the next generation with ironic humor Each poet seeks an answer to the ambiguous, electric, and open-ended question that has haunted the Baby Boom generation: Are you experienced? And each poet answers emphatically: Yes, Yes, Yes Contributors Include: Kim Addonizio, Julia Alvarez, Doug Anderson, Dorothy Barresi, Bruce Bond, Nick Carbó, Denise Duhamel, Cornelius Eady, Louis Jenkins, Allison Joseph, Yusef Komunyakaa, Maureen Seaton, Gary Soto, David Wojahn.  Zahnste2003 г 312 стр ISBN 0877458502.