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The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Patrick Kavanagh
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 2: Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair Patrick Kavanagh, great and titanically angry Irish poet, was born in 1904, and while the … Continue reading
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The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Countee Cullen
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 2: Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair Another poet of the Harlem Renaissance, Melvin Tolson called Countee Cullen (nee Countee LeRoy Porter) … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Lorine Niedecker
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 2: Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair I had not heard of Lorine Niedecker, until this past January, when I took the … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Langston Hughes
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 2: Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair Hughes is one of the most American of poets. There were other poets of the … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Basil Bunting
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 2: Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair By all accounts, Basil Bunting was some kind of genius prodigy. He also was Iran … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Dorothy Parker
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 1: Modern Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair Dorothy Parker was famous for her wit, sharp tongue, and incisive (sometimes brutal) opinions. After … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Austin Clarke
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 1: Modern Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair In case you are wondering, the Norton Anthology is organized chronologically, by birth date of … Continue reading
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The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – E.E. Cummings
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 1: Modern Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair E.E. Cummings was one of the few poets I responded to emotionally and viscerally when … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Hugh MacDiarmid
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair All I know is is that Hugh MacDiarmid (born Christopher Murray Grieve) is one of the best known Scottish … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Edith Sitwell
I am going to get back into my Daily Book Excerpt thing that I haven’t done in over a year, for various reasons. The main one being my inability to read last year, and outside events that impacted my desire … Continue reading