The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems

The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems

Author: Donald Hall

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0195123735

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An anthology of American poems, is arranged chronologically, from colonial alphabet rhymes to Native American cradle songs to contemporary poems. 50 illustrations, 20 in color.


Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English, 1500-2001

Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English, 1500-2001

Author: Carolyn Forché

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2014-01-27

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13: 0393347664

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A groundbreaking anthology containing the work of poets who have witnessed war, imprisonment, torture, and slavery. A companion volume to Against Forgetting, Poetry of Witness is the first anthology to reveal a tradition that runs through English-language poetry. The 300 poems collected here were composed at an extreme of human endurance—while their authors awaited execution, endured imprisonment, fought on the battlefield, or labored on the brink of breakdown or death. All bear witness to historical events and the irresistibility of their impact. Alongside Shakespeare, Milton, and Wordsworth, this volume includes such writers as Anne Askew, tortured and executed for her religious beliefs during the reign of Henry VIII; Phillis Wheatley, abducted by slave traders; Samuel Bamford, present at the Peterloo Massacre in 1819; William Blake, who witnessed the Gordon Riots of 1780; and Samuel Menashe, survivor of the Battle of the Bulge. Poetry of Witness argues that such poets are a perennial feature of human history, and it presents the best of that tradition, proving that their work ranks alongside the greatest in the language.


The Best American Poetry 1996

The Best American Poetry 1996

Author: David Lehman

Publisher: Scribner

Published: 1996-09-16

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780684814513

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From Simon & Schuster, in its ninth year, The Best American Poetry 1996 is universally acclaimed as the best anthology in the field. The compilation includes a diverse abundance of poems published in 1995 in more than 40 publications ranging from The New Yorker to The Paris Review to Bamboo Ridge.


The Best American Poetry 2015

The Best American Poetry 2015

Author: David Lehman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-09-08

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1476708207

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Title page verso indicates hardcover edition, but this ISBN is for the paperback printing.


Poetry After 9/11

Poetry After 9/11

Author: Dennis Loy Johnson

Publisher: Melville House

Published: 2011-08-16

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1612190103

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This important and inspiring collection is a sweeping overview of poetry written in New York in the year after the 9/11 attacks . . . This anthology contains poems by forty-five of the most important poets of the day, as well as some of the literary world’s most dynamic young voices, all writing in New York City in the year immediately following the World Trade Center attacks. It was inspired by the editors' observation that after the tragic events of September 11th, 2001, poetry was being posted everywhere in New York—on telephone poles, on warehouse walls, on bus shelters, in the letters-to-the-editor section of newspapers ... New Yorkers spontaneously turned to poetry to understand and cope with the tragedy of the attack. Full of humor, love, rage and fear, this diverse collection of poems attests to that power of poetry to express and to heal the human spirit. Featuring poems by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Dunn; Best American Poetry series editor David Lehman; National Book Award winner and New York State Poet Jean Valentine; the first ever Nuyorican Slam-Poetry champ; poets laureate of Brooklyn and Queens; and a poem and introduction by National Book Award finalist Alicia Ostriker.


The Vintage Book of African American Poetry

The Vintage Book of African American Poetry

Author: Michael S. Harper

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 030776513X

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In The Vintage Book of African American Poetry, editors Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton present the definitive collection of black verse in the United States--200 years of vision, struggle, power, beauty, and triumph from 52 outstanding poets. From the neoclassical stylings of slave-born Phillis Wheatley to the wistful lyricism of Paul Lawrence Dunbar . . . the rigorous wisdom of Gwendolyn Brooks...the chiseled modernism of Robert Hayden...the extraordinary prosody of Sterling A. Brown...the breathtaking, expansive narratives of Rita Dove...the plaintive rhapsodies of an imprisoned Elderidge Knight . . . The postmodern artistry of Yusef Komunyaka. Here, too, is a landmark exploration of lesser-known artists whose efforts birthed the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts movements--and changed forever our national literature and the course of America itself. Meticulously researched, thoughtfully structured, The Vintage Book of African-American Poetry is a collection of inestimable value to students, educators, and all those interested in the ever-evolving tradition that is American poetry.


The Best American Poetry 2005

The Best American Poetry 2005

Author: Paul Muldoon

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2005-09-20

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0743257588

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"A vivid snapshot of what a distinguished poet finds exciting, fresh, and memorable . . . As good a comprehensive overview of contemporary poetry as there can be."--Robert Pinsky.


Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry

Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry

Author: Ashley Bryan

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780613336666

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This Coretta Scott King Honor Book is an A-to-Z look at 25 poems and one African spiritual, brilliantly illustrated in tempera and gouache. If you have been lucky enough to attend one of Bryan's public performances of African-American poetry, you will hear his enthralling voice as you read this anthology.--Booklist. Full color.


How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002

How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002

Author: Joy Harjo

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2004-01-17

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 0393345807

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Over a quarter-century's work from the 2003 winner of the Arrell Gibson Award for Lifetime Achievement. This collection gathers poems from throughout Joy Harjo's twenty-eight-year career, beginning in 1973 in the age marked by the takeover at Wounded Knee and the rejuvenation of indigenous cultures in the world through poetry and music. How We Became Human explores its title question in poems of sustaining grace. To view text with line endings as poet intended, please set font size to the smallest size on your device.