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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Author:Karbiener, KarenSummary: - Author:Schultz, PhilipSummary:
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...
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Author:Patel, ShailjaSummary: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...
- Author:Kuusisto, StephenSummary:
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...
- Author:Hall, DonaldSummary:
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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Author:Sexton, AnneSummary:
