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Library of America special publicationNew, Elisa
Summary: People from all walks of life discuss various American poems.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV POESummary: Poets, public figures and members of various communities join series creator Elisa New to engage in close readings of a single American poem. Each episode mixes lively discussion with archival materials, location footage, and vivid animation. The series offers audiences an immersive and accessible experience in reading poems that touch on many aspects of American life, past and present.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV POESummary: Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.1 OUTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.1 OUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J808.1 KWAHirsch, Edward
Summary: "We live in unsettled times. What is America and who are we as a people? How do we understand the dreams and betrayals that have shaped the American experience? For poet and critic Edward Hirsch, poetry opens up new ways of answering these questions, of reconnecting with one another and with what's best in us. In this landmark new book from Library of America, Hirsch offers deeply personal...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.1 HIRMayes, Frances.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace College Publishers 1994
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Summary: "In Don't Read Poetry, award-winning poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduction to the seemingly daunting task of reading, understanding, and appreciating poetry. Burt dispels preconceptions about poetry and explains how poems speak to one another--and how they can speak to our lives. She shows readers how to find more poems once they have some poems they like,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 811 BURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Poetry BurtHall, Donald
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 HALPaglia, Camille
Summary: America's premier intellectual provocateur explores and celebrates a series of great poems of the Western tradition, including some surprising discoveries of her own. She brings new energy and insight to our understanding of poems we already know, such as masterpieces by Shakespeare, Donne, Shelley, Dickinson, Lowell, and Plath. She leads us to appreciate the artistry of writers with whom we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2005