Resist Much Obey Little

Inaugural Poems to the Resistance

2017 • 738 pages
ISBN 978-1-944682-32-3 (pbk.) • $30.00
ISBN 978-1-944682-54-5 (hdc.) • $45.00

Spuyten Duyvil Press

Edited by Michael Boughn, John Bradley, Brenda Cardenas, Lynne DeSilva-Johnson,  Kass Fleisher, Roberto Harrison, Kent Johnson, Andrew Levy, Nathaniel Mackey, Ruben Medina, Philip Metres, Nita Noveno, Julie Patton, Margaret Randall, Michael Rothenberg, Chris Stroffolino, Anne Waldman, Marjorie Welish, Tyrone Williams

we can’t build a wall. we can only spout pure water again and again and drown his lies.
—Eileen Myles

Racism, xenophobia, misogyny and their related malaises are to the U.S. what whiskey is to an alcoholic. The current occupant of the White House won the election yipping, against possible recovery, “Drinks are on me!” The rich, multitudinous voices in this anthology variously call for—having embarked on—the hard work of sobriety, sanity.
—Nathaniel Mackey

Poets are summoned to a stronger imagination of language and humanity in a time of new and radical Weathers. White House Inc. is the last gasp of the dying Confederacy, but its spectacle is dangerous and addictive so hold onto your mind. Fascism loves distraction. Keep the world safe for poetry. Open the book of love and resistance. Don’t tarry!
—Anne Waldman

Contributors:

  • Nibaldo Acero

  • Nancy Agabian

  • Andrés Ajens

  • Youssef Alaoui

  • Rosa Alcalá

  • Charles Alexander

  • Will Alexander

  • William Allegrezza

  • Caitlin M. Alvarez

  • Joe Amato

  • Bruce Andrews

  • Robert Archambeau

  • Bob Arnold

  • JoAnn Balingit

  • Barbara Barg

  • John Beer

  • Ana Belén López

  • Rosebud Ben-Oni

  • John M. Bennet

  • Steve Benson

  • Jay Besemer

  • Stephen Bett

  • Richard Blevins

  • BLUNT RESEARCH GROUP

  • Andrew R. Boettcher

  • Katy Bohinc

  • Charles Borkhuis

  • Dianne Borsenik

  • Michael Boughn

  • Kent Bowker

  • John Bradley

  • Susan Briante

  • Alan Britt

  • Christopher Brown

  • Lee Ann Brown

  • Laynie Browne

  • John Burns

  • Melissa Buzzeo

  • Don Byrd

  • Anthony Cappo

  • Xánath Caraza

  • Brenda Cárdenas

  • Jessica Wilson Cárdenas

  • Kristen Case

  • Hayan Charara

  • cris cheek

  • Chin-In Chen

  • Maxine Chernoff

  • Abigail Child

  • Wendy Chin-Tanner

  • chiwan choi

  • Andres Cisneros de la Cruz

  • Franklin K. R. Cline

  • Norma Cole

  • Victor Coleman

  • Ed Coletti

  • Matthew Cooperman

  • Michael Copperman

  • Joshua Corey

  • Paul Corman-Roberts

  • Lydia Cortes

  • Ricardo Cortez Cruz

  • Curtis L. Crisler

  • Garin Cycholl

  • Lyle Daggett

  • Beverly Dahlen

  • Pedro Damian Bautista

  • Chris Daniels

  • Ruth Danon

  • Jill Darling

  • doris davenport

  • Michael Davidson

  • Jenny L. Davis

  • Jean Day

  • Terence Degnan

  • Ian Demsky

  • Lynne DeSilva-Johnson

  • Reed Dickson

  • Linh Dinh

  • Dante Di Stefano

  • Thom Donovan

  • Johanna Drucker

  • Andrew DuBois

  • Alice O. Duggan

  • Denise Duhamel

  • Patrick Dunagan

  • Rachel Blau DuPlessis

  • Marcella Durand

  • Patrick Durgin

  • Tongo Eisen-Martin

  • Stephen Ellis

  • Clayton Eshleman

  • Carrie Etter

  • Amy Evans

  • Tanya Evanson

  • Jim Feast

  • Robert Fernandez

  • Crystal Field

  • Guillermo Filice Castro

  • Bonny Finberg

  • Annie Finch

  • Norman Finklestein

  • Norman Fischer

  • Kass Fleisher

  • Lewis Freedman

  • Lisa Freedman

  • Ru Freeman

  • Bill Freind

  • Philip Fried

  • Gloria Frym

  • William Fuller

  • Kelle Grace Gaddis

  • Matt Gagnon

  • Forrest Gander

  • Edgar Garcia

  • Drew Gardner

  • Joseph Gastiger

  • Galo Ghigliotto

  • David Giannini

  • Robert Gibbons

  • Daniela Gioseffi

  • Judith Goldman

  • Larry Goodell

  • Nada Gordon

  • Noah Eli Gordon

  • Jaki Shelton Green

  • Peter Milne Greiner

  • Myla Grier

  • Whit Griffin

  • Rosemary Griggs

  • Gabriel Gudding

  • Jeff Gundy

  • Eduardo Guzmán Chávez

  • Rob Halpern

  • Janet Hamill

  • q.r. hand jr.,

  • Daniel Y. Harris

  • Roberto Harrison

  • Carla Harryman

  • Quintus Havis

  • Marwa Helal

  • Michael Heller

  • Jeanne Heuving

  • William Heyen

  • Matt Hill

  • Owen Hill

  • Brenda Hillman

  • Jack Hirschman

  • Andrea Hollander

  • Bob Holman

  • Darrel Alejandro Holnes

  • Christopher Howell

  • Detrick Hughes

  • Brenda Iijima

  • Alan W. Jankowski

  • Lisa Jarnot

  • Edgar Artaud Jarry

  • Paolo Javier

  • Brooks Johnson

  • Judith Johnson

  • Kent Johnson

  • Patricia Spears Jones

  • Pierre Joris

  • Janine Joseph

  • Fady Joudah

  • Michael Joyce

  • Judy Juanita

  • George Kalamaras

  • Eliot Katz

  • Vincent Katz

  • Tim Keane

  • Douglas Kearney

  • Burt Kimmelman

  • Basil King

  • David Kirby

  • Davy Knittle

  • Robert Kocik

  • Ron Kolm

  • Anja Konig

  • Irene Koronas

  • Dean Kostos

  • Dee Dee Kramer

  • Sean Labrador y Manzano

  • Mark Lamoureux

  • Susanna Lang

  • Ted Lardner

  • David Lau

  • Patrick Lawler

  • Mercedes Lawry

  • Ruth Lepson

  • Ken Letko

  • Andrew Levy

  • erica lewis

  • Susan Lewis

  • Genny Lim

  • R. Zamora Linmark

  • Joan Logghe

  • Janice A. Lowe

  • Brian Lucas

  • Nathaniel Mackey

  • Steven Manuel

  • Filip Marinovich

  • Al Markowitz

  • Shelly Marlow

  • Jack Martin

  • Valerie Martínez

  • Paul Martinez-Pompa

  • Siwar Masannat

  • Farid Matuk

  • Syreeta McFadden

  • Rubén Medina

  • Caits Meissner

  • Miranda Mellis

  • Edric Mesmer

  • Philip Metres

  • elena minor

  • José-Luis Moctezuma

  • Juan Morales

  • Laura Moriarty

  • Sarah Morrison

  • Andrew Mossin

  • Erin Moure

  • Laura Mullen

  • Eileen Myles

  • Sawako Nakayasu

  • Joe Napora

  • Uche Nduka

  • Paul Nelson

  • Murat Nemet-Nejat

  • Richard Newman

  • Brian Ng

  • Joey Nicoletti

  • A.L. Nielsen

  • Joseph Noble

  • Urayoán Noel

  • Linda Norton

  • Nita Noveno

  • Jules Nyquist

  • Gabriel Ojeda-Sague

  • Peter O’Leary

  • Adrienne Oliver

  • John Olson

  • Sergio Ortiz

  • Gordon Osing

  • Alicia Ostriker

  • Maureen Owen

  • Joe Pan

  • Tamas Panitz, tr.

  • Soham Patel

  • Julie Patton

  • Ted Pearson

  • José Peguero

  • Michelle Peñaloza

  • Craig Santos Perez

  • Emmy Pérez

  • Michael Peters

  • NourbeSe Philip

  • Wanda Phipps

  • Wang Ping

  • Robert Podgurski

  • Julien Poirier

  • Tina Posner

  • Robert Priest

  • Patrick Pritchett

  • Chris Pusateri

  • Ruben Quesada

  • Alicia Jo Rabins

  • Charles Rammelkamp

  • Margaret Randall

  • Amanda Ngoho Reavey

  • Tennessee Reed

  • Margaret Rhee

  • John Rigney

  • Marguerite María Rivas

  • Sherry Robbins

  • Mg Roberts

  • Kirk Robinson

  • Kit Robinson

  • MaVi Robles-Castillo

  • Lasantha Rodrigo

  • Luis J. Rodriguez

  • Ruben J. Rodriguez

  • Pilar Rodríguez-Aranda

  • Linda Rogers

  • Michael Rothenberg

  • Julie Rouse

  • Joe Safdie

  • Lisa Samuels

  • Edward Sanders

  • Larry Sawyer

  • Jared Schickling

  • Jason Schneiderman

  • Danniel Schoonebeek

  • Ilka Scobie

  • Hugh Seidman

  • Jesse Seldess

  • Anis Shivani

  • Larissa Shmailo

  • Evie Shockley

  • John Shoptaw

  • Laura Shovan

  • Ron Silliman

  • Sandra Simonds

  • Jonathan Skinner

  • Austin Smith

  • Gerard Smyth

  • Megan Snyder-Camp

  • BJ Soloy

  • Alan Sondheim

  • André Spears

  • Dani Spinosa

  • Eleni Stecopoulos

  • Julia Stein

  • Winifred Celeste Davis Stragand

  • Chris Stroffolino

  • Terese Svoboda

  • Eileen R. Tabios

  • Nathaniel Tarn

  • Ken Taylor

  • t thilleman

  • Lorenzo Thomas

  • John Tipton

  • James Tolan

  • Edwin Torres

  • Rodrigo Toscano

  • KC Trommer

  • Keith Tuma

  • Matt Turner

  • Arysteides Turpana

  • Peter Valente, tr.

  • Kevin Vaughn

  • Lisa Vihos

  • R.A. Villanueva

  • María Villatoro

  • Moisés Villavicencio Barras

  • Lina Ramona Vitkauskas,

  • Fred Wah

  • Anne Waldman

  • Lewis Warsh

  • Joshua Weiner

  • Marjorie Welish

  • Donald Wellman

  • Ross Wheeler

  • Frederick Whitehead

  • Walt Whitman

  • Charles Whittaker

  • Tyrone Williams

  • Morgan Grayce Willow

  • Suzanne Wise

  • Lissa Wolsak

  • Heather Woods

  • Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

  • Anton Yakolev

  • Daniel Zimmerman

  • Marilyn Zuckerman

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