In this course, professor Karbiener explores how Walt Whitman broke with the tyranny of European literary forms to establish a broad, new voice for American poetry. By examining the life of Whitman in the context of broad social and...
Poets, American
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Auteur:Karbiener, KarenSommaire: - Auteur:Hongo, GarrettSommaire:
Garrett Hongo's passion for audio dates back to the Empire 98 turntable his father paired with a tube amplifier in their modest tract home in L.A. in the early 60s. But his adult quest begins in the CD-changer era, as he seeks out...
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Auteur:Schultz, PhilipSommaire:Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Schultz didn't learn he had dyslexia until his son was diagnosed. Here, he traces his new understanding of his early years, showing how a boy who did not learn to read until he was eleven became a...
- Auteur:Hong, Cathy ParkSommaire:
A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness and the struggle to be human"Brilliant ... To read this book is to become more human."--Claudia Rankine, author of...
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Auteur:Patel, ShailjaSommaire:The U.S. debut of internationally acclaimed poet and performance artist Shailja Patel, Migritude is a tour-de-force hybrid text that confounds categories and conventions. Part poetic memoir, part political history, Migritude weaves...
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Auteur:Whitman, WaltSommaire:Presents the author's memoranda of the Civil War, written on the spot. It is a moving portrait of men at the limits of their endurance, of the ravages of war, and the cruel waste of lives.
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In the summer when Coltrane died, poet Patti Smith fell in love with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Eventually the two joined up with the Andy Warhol superstars and called later Hotel Chelsea home. Here Smith recounts her passionate...
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Auteur:Kuusisto, StephenSommaire:In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence. Stephen Kuusisto was born...
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Auteur:Hall, DonaldSommaire:Donald Hall has lived a remarkable life of letters, a career capped by a National Medal of the Arts, awarded by the president. Now, in the "unknown, unanticipated galaxy" of very old age, he is writing searching essays that...
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Auteur:Rollyson, CarlSommaire:The life and work of Sylvia Plath has taken on the proportions of myth. Educated at Smith, she had an epically conflict-filled relationship with her mother, Aurelia. She then married the poet Ted Hughes and plunged into the Sturm und...
