fˈɜːst pˈʌblɪʃt baɪ mɑːɹsˈɪlɪˌoʊ pˈʌblɪʃɚz, ɪt dʒˈɔɪnd tˈuː ˈʌðɚ kəlˈɛkʃənz wˌɪtʃ ɐpˈɪɹd æt ðæt tˈaɪm: fɹʌmðɪ ˈʌðɚ sˈaɪd ʌvðə sˈɛntʃɚɹi: ɐ nˈuː ɐmˈɛɹɪkən pˈoʊɪtɹi, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti dˈæʃ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ; ˈɛdɪɾᵻd baɪ dˈʌɡləz mˈɛsɚli ænd pˈoʊstmɑːdɚn ɐmˈɛɹɪkən pˈoʊɪtɹi, ɐ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ pˈoʊɪtɹi ænθˈɑːlədʒi ˈɛdɪɾᵻd baɪ pˈɔːl hˈuːvɚ.
First published by Marsilio Publishers, it joined two other collections which appeared at that time: From the Other Side of the Century: A New American Poetry, 1960-1990 (1994; edited by Douglas Messerli) and Postmodern American Poetry, a 1994 poetry anthology edited by Paul Hoover.