← Edgar Lee MastersThe New Spoon Riverby Edgar Lee MastersLater collection of poems in dramatic monologue form set in an imagined American townFind on Amazon↗About the authorEdgar Lee MastersAmerican poet whose Spoon River Anthology consists of epitaphs spoken by the dead citizens of a fictional small town. Its frank treatment of sexuality and corruption was groundbreaking.More by Edgar Lee MastersSpoon River AnthologyPoetry collection of dramatic monologues depicting small-town life, death, and human secrets→Domesday BookPoetry sequence using connected monologues to map a town's history and inhabitants→