Cross Worlds: Transcultural Poetics : An Anthology

*Cross Words* refers to cultural hybrids, trans-cultural alliances, and associations. This fascinating compendium documents—in essays, conversations, and socratic raps—the vital work poets perform when they write across borders. **Anne Waldman** is the author of more than forty collections of poetry, the editor of numerous anthologies, and, for *The Iovis Trilogy*, the winner of the Shelley Memorial Award and the USA PEN Center Award for Poetry. She is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. **Laura Wright** is a poet, translator, and librarian. With Anne Waldman, she co-edited *Beats at Naropa* (Coffee House Press, 2009).