How American poets have explored driving, in all its facets 'Whither goest thou, America,' asked Jack Kerouac in On the Road, 'in thy shiny car in the night?' For American poets, the act of driving has always harbored a critical dichotomy. It can express the thrill and the freedom of the open road, but it can also foster fears of ecological ......
How American poets have explored driving, in all its facets 'Whither goest thou, America,' asked Jack Kerouac in On the Road, 'in thy shiny car in the night?' For American poets, the act of driving has always harbored a critical dichotomy. It can express the thrill and the freedom of the open road, but it can also foster fears of ecological ......
Claude McKay (1890-1948) was a versatile Jamaican American writer and poet and a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. In addition to two autobiographies and a documentary study of Harlem, McKay wrote poetry, novels (Home to Harlem, Banana Bottom, Banjo, Harlem Glory, Amiable with Big Teeth-the latter portraying a dystopia that foreshadows ......
Claude McKay (1890-1948) was a versatile Jamaican American writer and poet and a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. In addition to two autobiographies and a documentary study of Harlem, McKay wrote poetry, novels (Home to Harlem, Banana Bottom, Banjo, Harlem Glory, Amiable with Big Teeth-the latter portraying a dystopia that foreshadows ......
The first comprehensive study of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jorie Graham Since her first book appeared in 1980, Jorie Graham has challenged readers with her bold, innovative, and capacious poetry. In the collections that followed, she expanded the scope of the lyric form through her maximalist poetics, her provocative ethical imagination, and, ......
The first comprehensive study of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jorie Graham Since her first book appeared in 1980, Jorie Graham has challenged readers with her bold, innovative, and capacious poetry. In the collections that followed, she expanded the scope of the lyric form through her maximalist poetics, her provocative ethical imagination, and, ......
Before they were written down, the poems attributed to Homer were performed orally, usually by rhapsodes (singers/reciters) who might have traveled from city to city or enjoyed a position in a wealthy household. Even after the Iliad and the Odyssey were committed to writing, rhapsodes performed the poems at festivals, often competing against each ......
A writing guide to processing trauma through the poetic form, Jehanne Dubrow, a well respected writer, speaker, guide, and spouse of a career military officer, offers an experienced and knowledgeable voice to aspiring writers and those working through trauma. In this accessible and inspiring guide, acclaimed writer Jehanne Dubrow draws on how the ......
Poetry, Design, and the Cybernetic Imaginary in Brazil
A study of concrete art and poetry, its implications, and influence in Brazil. Concrete art and poetry burst onto Brazil's cultural stage in the 1950s, while the country was embarking on a dizzying period of modernization. Bringing together key poets and visual artists alongside less recognized figures, Nathaniel Wolfson shows that concretism ......