Poetry in America
Poetry in America
JULIA SPICHER KASDORF
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2011
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7
Pages: 88
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vkfh7
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Poetry in America
Book Description:

Poetry in Americaoffers extravagantly formed lyric and narrative poems that function like works of social realism for our times: hard times, wartime, divorce, times of downturn and dissipated resources. Where, in such times, can poetry emerge, the book asks-and answers-again and again. Largely set in rural places and small towns, these poems are politically committed but deeply sensuous, emotionally complex and compassionate. They take up the everyday in meaningful ways, and deliver it with blunt force, yet not without hope or bright humor.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-7832-9
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[v])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [vi]-[viii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.2
  3. I.
    • DOUBLE THE DIGITS
      DOUBLE THE DIGITS (pp. 3-4)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.3
    • LANDSCAPE WITH DESIRE
      LANDSCAPE WITH DESIRE (pp. 5-5)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.4
    • BAT BOY, BREAK A LEG
      BAT BOY, BREAK A LEG (pp. 6-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.5
    • WILD
      WILD (pp. 8-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.6
    • ON AN OREGON MOUNTAIN I REMEMBER THE HEBREW MYSTICS
      ON AN OREGON MOUNTAIN I REMEMBER THE HEBREW MYSTICS (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.7
    • GARLIC
      GARLIC (pp. 11-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.8
    • ENGLISH 213: INTRODUCTION TO POETRY WRITING
      ENGLISH 213: INTRODUCTION TO POETRY WRITING (pp. 12-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.9
    • ʹ78 CHEVY
      ʹ78 CHEVY (pp. 14-14)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.10
    • GRAVITY HILL
      GRAVITY HILL (pp. 15-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.11
    • LETTER TO DAD FROM NEW DANVILLE, PA
      LETTER TO DAD FROM NEW DANVILLE, PA (pp. 16-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.12
    • NIGHTS LIKE THIS
      NIGHTS LIKE THIS (pp. 17-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.13
    • GETTYSBURG, 1996
      GETTYSBURG, 1996 (pp. 18-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.14
    • WINTER RIFF
      WINTER RIFF (pp. 19-19)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.15
    • SOMETIMES ITʹS EASY TO KNOW WHAT I WANT
      SOMETIMES ITʹS EASY TO KNOW WHAT I WANT (pp. 20-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.16
    • POETRY IN AMERICA
      POETRY IN AMERICA (pp. 21-22)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.17
  4. II.
    • THE BABY SCREAMING IN THE BACKSEAT
      THE BABY SCREAMING IN THE BACKSEAT (pp. 25-25)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.18
    • AFTER BIRTH, A CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF
      AFTER BIRTH, A CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF (pp. 26-26)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.19
    • MOTHER WITH TODDLER IN WARTIME
      MOTHER WITH TODDLER IN WARTIME (pp. 27-27)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.20
    • THE MATERIALITY OF LANGUAGE AT LINCOLN
      THE MATERIALITY OF LANGUAGE AT LINCOLN (pp. 28-28)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.21
    • THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
      THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (pp. 29-30)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.22
    • SWALLOWS OVER BELLEFONTE
      SWALLOWS OVER BELLEFONTE (pp. 31-31)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.23
    • VETERANS DAY, GREENE COUNTY, PA, 2004
      VETERANS DAY, GREENE COUNTY, PA, 2004 (pp. 32-33)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.24
    • THE DAY
      THE DAY (pp. 34-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.25
    • FRANCIS, THE WOLF, A WAR, AND TERROR
      FRANCIS, THE WOLF, A WAR, AND TERROR (pp. 35-35)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.26
    • CARDIO-KICKBOXING IN A TOWN OF 6,000
      CARDIO-KICKBOXING IN A TOWN OF 6,000 (pp. 36-38)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.27
    • GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS ON THE 6 TRAIN
      GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS ON THE 6 TRAIN (pp. 39-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.28
    • SEPTEMBERʹS END
      SEPTEMBERʹS END (pp. 41-41)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.29
    • YEARS FROM NOW WHEN YOU ARE WEARY
      YEARS FROM NOW WHEN YOU ARE WEARY (pp. 42-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.30
  5. III.
    • HEN
      HEN (pp. 47-47)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.31
    • WESTMORELAND
      WESTMORELAND (pp. 48-49)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.32
    • TISSUE BALLOON
      TISSUE BALLOON (pp. 50-50)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.33
    • MRS. BAILEY TURNS UP FOR A POETRY READING AT HEMINGWAYʹS CAFÉ IN PITTSBURGH
      MRS. BAILEY TURNS UP FOR A POETRY READING AT HEMINGWAYʹS CAFÉ IN PITTSBURGH (pp. 51-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.34
    • ACROSS FROM JAYʹS BOOK STALL IN PITTSBURGH
      ACROSS FROM JAYʹS BOOK STALL IN PITTSBURGH (pp. 52-52)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.35
    • MEMORIAL DAY, 1972
      MEMORIAL DAY, 1972 (pp. 53-53)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.36
    • FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY
      FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY (pp. 54-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.37
    • ELEGY AGAINST ——, TEN YEARS LATER
      ELEGY AGAINST ——, TEN YEARS LATER (pp. 55-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.38
    • THE GIRL IN THE BACKSEAT RETURNS TO PITTSBURGH
      THE GIRL IN THE BACKSEAT RETURNS TO PITTSBURGH (pp. 57-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.39
    • THE BEAUTY LINE
      THE BEAUTY LINE (pp. 59-61)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.40
    • RETURN TO BERN
      RETURN TO BERN (pp. 62-63)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.41
    • ORAL TRADITION
      ORAL TRADITION (pp. 64-64)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.42
    • RACHEL ON THE THRESHING FLOOR
      RACHEL ON THE THRESHING FLOOR (pp. 65-72)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.43
    • SUMMER OF THE 17-YEAR CICADA
      SUMMER OF THE 17-YEAR CICADA (pp. 73-74)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.44
    • YEHUDA AMICHAI IN LATE NOVEMBER
      YEHUDA AMICHAI IN LATE NOVEMBER (pp. 75-75)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.45
    • HENS AND CHICKS
      HENS AND CHICKS (pp. 76-76)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.46
  6. NOTES
    NOTES (pp. 77-78)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.47
  7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. 79-80)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfh7.48