the Bourgeois Poet
Author: Karl Shapiro
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 132
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Author: Karl Shapiro
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Now in this, his latest collection of poems never before published in book form, Mr. Shaprio again reveals his remarkable range of expression. There are pungent descriptions of household affairs, as in "Garage Sale," and illuminating glances at the workaday world, as in "Girls Working in Banks." From acid comments on the academic world ("The Humanities Building") to powerful visions of history ("Eclogue: America and Japan") and classical myth ("The Rape of Philomel"), the poems in this volume will certainly engage not only those readers already acquainted with Shapiro's work, but also anyone who enjoys good poetry."--
Collected Poems 1940-1978
Author: Karl Shapiro
Publisher: New York : Random House
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780394425436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpanning forty years, this anthology includes the author's choice from all his previously published poems, selections from White-Haired Lover and Adult Bookstore, and fifteen poems that have not appeared before.
A Community of Writers
Author: Robert Dana
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 1999-04-01
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1587292769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith these words, written long before his Iowa Writers' Workshop became world famous, much imitated, and academically rich, Paul Engle captured the spirit behind his beloved workshop. Now, in this collection of essays by and about those writers who shared the energetic early years, Robert Dana presents a dynamic, informative tribute to Engle and his world. The book's three sections mingle myth and history with style and grace and no small amount of humor. The beginning essays are given over to memories of Paul Engle in his heyday. The second group focuses particularly on those teachers—Robert Lowell, John Berryman, Kurt Vonnegut, for example—who made the workshop hum on a day-to-day basis. Finally, the third section is devoted to storytelling: tall tales, vignettes, surprises, sober and not-so-sober moments. Engle's own essay, "The Writer and the Place," describes his "simple, and yet how reckless" conviction that "the creative imagination in all of the arts is as important, as congenial, and as necessary, as the historical study of all the arts." Today, of course, there are hundreds of writers' workshops, many of them founded and directed by graduates of the original Iowa workshop. But when Paul Engle arrived in Iowa there were exactly two. His indomitable nature and great persuasive powers, combined with his distinguished reputation as a poet, loomed large behind the enhancement of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. This volume of fine and witty essays reveals the enthusiasm and drive and sheer pleasure that went into Iowa's renowned workshop.
The Right Side of History
Author: Ben Shapiro
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2019-03-19
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0062857924
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Human beings have never had it better than we have it now in the West. So why are we on the verge of throwing it all away? In 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro spoke at the University of California–Berkeley. Hundreds of police officers were required to protect his speech. What was so frightening about Shapiro? He came to argue that Western civilization is in the midst of a crisis of purpose and ideas; that we have let grievances replace our sense of community and political expediency limit our individual rights; that we are teaching our kids that their emotions matter more than rational debate; and that the only meaning in life is arbitrary and subjective. As a society, we are forgetting that almost everything great that has ever happened in history happened because of people who believed in both Judeo-Christian values and in the Greek-born power of reason. In The Right Side of History, Shapiro sprints through more than 3,500 years, dozens of philosophers, and the thicket of modern politics to show how our freedoms are built upon the twin notions that every human being is made in God’s image and that human beings were created with reason capable of exploring God’s world. We can thank these values for the birth of science, the dream of progress, human rights, prosperity, peace, and artistic beauty. Jerusalem and Athens built America, ended slavery, defeated the Nazis and the Communists, lifted billions from poverty, and gave billions more spiritual purpose. Yet we are in the process of abandoning Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law, watching our civilization collapse into age-old tribalism, individualistic hedonism, and moral subjectivism. We believe we can satisfy ourselves with intersectionality, scientific materialism, progressive politics, authoritarian governance, or nationalistic solidarity. We can’t. The West is special, and in The Right Side of History, Ben Shapiro bravely explains how we have lost sight of the moral purpose that drives each of us to be better, the sacred duty to work together for the greater good,.
In Defense of Ignorance
Author: Karl Jay 1913-2000 Shapiro
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Published: 2021-09-09
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781014064578
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A Study Guide for Karl Shapiro's "Auto Wreck"
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 1410340627
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Study Guide for Karl Shapiro's "Auto Wreck," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
The Prosody Handbook
Author: Robert Beum
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-03-07
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0486122670
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis guide to versification is immensely useful for anyone interested in poetry or in general poetic structure. Concise and informal, it offers a systematic study of meter, tempo, rhyme, and other components of verse.
The Wisdom of the Heart
Author: Henry Miller
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 2016-12-20
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 0811222365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn essential collection of writings, bursting with Henry Miller’s exhilarating candor and wisdom In this selection of stories and essays, Henry Miller elucidates, revels, and soars, showing his command over a wide range of moods, styles, and subject matters. Writing “from the heart,” always with a refreshing lack of reticence, Miller involves the reader directly in his thoughts and feelings. “His real aim,” Karl Shapiro has written, “is to find the living core of our world whenever it survives and in whatever manifestation, in art, in literature, in human behavior itself. It is then that he sings, praises, and shouts at the top of his lungs with the uncontainable hilarity he is famous for.” Here are some of Henry Miller’s best-known writings: an essay on the photographer Brassai; “Reflections on Writing,” in which Miller examines his own position as a writer; “Seraphita” and “Balzac and His Double,” on the works of other writers; and “The Alcoholic Veteran,” “Creative Death,” “The Enormous Womb,” and “The Philosopher Who Philosophizes.”
Dear Editor
Author: Joseph Parisi
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2002-10-17
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780393050929
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollects more than six hundred letters to and from the editors of "Poetry" that were written about and by such figures as Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Wallace Stevens.
