Poets and Publishers: Circulating American avant-garde poetry since 1945

The practical aspects of publishing avant-garde poetry came under academic scrutiny in the second half of the 20th and the first decade of the 21st centuries. The development of reception theory has led to more sustained research on the ways whereby poets can communicate the technical, economic, social and political implications of their work and experimentation. Small scale printing houses, in no way to be confused with the vanity presses of bygone days, have positioned themselves in the pub...