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Writers and readers have long been inspired by the haunting wisdom and sheer imaginative power to be found in the fairy tales of the immortal Brothers Grimm. The editors have collected more than a hundred poems inspired by Grimm tales and written by our finest living poets. A brilliant and informative anthology, a teachable text.

Jeanne Marie Beaumont first book of poetry, Placebo Effects, was selected by William Matthews for the National Poetry Series in 1997. She teaches at Rutgers University. Claudia Carlson works at Oxford University Press in New York. Her poems have appeared in Heliotrope, Coracle, Space and Time, Fantastic Stories and NYCBigCityLit.comm

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Don't Go Into the Woods Without It
THE POETS GRIMM is an essential addition to the collection of anyone who grew up with fairy tales - that is, everyone in America who ever opened a storybook that began "Once upon a time. . ." or watched a Disney movie that opened with a princess tortured by her evil stepmother. Here are the stories from the Grimm brothers collections that terrified and delighted us as children, now revisited with adult distance, wisdom, and humor.Ably edited by Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, THE POETS GRIMM embraces the breadth of poetry in English in the 20th century, from our most recent poet laureate, Louise Glück, to writers like Terri Windling and Jane Yolen, best known for their work in contemporary fantasy and science fiction.Anne Sexton's important poem, "Twelve Dancing Princesses," from her groundbreaking collection TRANSFORMATIONS, is included, as is an intensely moving poem by Amy Lowell from 1912, which strikes a surprisingly contemporary note.

A deep sympathy for the much maligned usual suspects, wolves and witches, underlies the entire volume, and frankly, if I were Prince Charming, I'd have a call in to my lawyer about a possible libel suit.Perhaps most American of all the Grimm interpretations found here is Tim Siebles' "What Bugs Bunny said to Red Riding Hood," which alone is worth the price of the entire collection.

Reading the poems in this collection bathes the old tales in a new and revelatory light;most telling of all perhaps are the poems which offer new versions of the detailed and mysterious marching orders given to every fairy tale hero or heroine who set off, willingly or not, on a quest. Neil Gaiman's "Instructions," in this vein, makes wonderful new sense of these ever-puzzling rules. Through these poems we see our own childhoods recast, and the clamor of impossibly conflicting childhood directives we all received invoked and examined.

The Poets Grimm offers a wonderful snapshot of poetry of the last half of the last century, taken through an enchanted lens, and I highly recommend it to anyone who ever felt a little cheated by the words, "And they lived happily ever after."

Grimms in Verse
While this collection might appear gimmicky to some, a quick persusal of the table of contents will show that many respected poets have used fairy tale motifs in their work.Beaumont and Carlson have gathered numerous poems from a wide range of poets that reflect the enduring themes and characters we inherited through the work of the Brothers Grimm.The usual suspects, such as Anne Sexton, are here but so are some lesser known poets.The anthology is strong and represents many well-known fairy tales along with a few that are lesser known by the general public.The book is recommended for libraries and classrooms in which poetry and/or fairy tales are taught. It also makes great armchair reading for anyone interested in new interpretations of familiar stories. ... Read more

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Very Interesting and insightful
Anyone who is interested in women's studies and/or poetry should get this book. Steele looks at the writers' bodies of work as methods of survival in the face of trauma, institutionalized racism and misogyny that permeates our culture.

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Harriet Tubman, Lester Frank Ward, Joss Whedon, Anne Sexton, Pat Califia, Nikki Craft, Ezra Heywood. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Harriet Tubman (née Araminta Ross en 1820 ou 1822 dans le Comté de Dorchester, Maryland, décédée le 10 mars 1913 à Auburn, État de New York). Connue aussi sous les noms de Moïse noire, Grand-mère Moïse, ou encore Moïse du peuple Noir, Harriet Tubman fut une combattante de la liberté Afro-Américaine. Étant une esclave évadée, elle travailla comme ouvrière agricole, bûcheronne, blanchisseuse, infirmière, et cuisinière. Devenue abolitionniste, elle participa à la lutte contre l'esclavage et le racisme. Elle accomplit diverses fonctions telles que collecte de renseignements, préparation des volontaires pour l'évasion, exécution des évasions, infirmière, prêche évangélique et collecte de fonds. Les lieux qui ont compté dans la vie d'Harriet TubamnHarriet Tubman est née Araminta "Minty" Ross de parents esclaves, Harriet ("Rit") Green et Ben Ross. Rit appartenait à Mary Pattison Brodess (et plus tard à son fils Edward) tandis que Ben était la propriété du second mari de Mary, Anthony Thompson, qui dirigeait une grande plantation à proximité de la rivière Blackwater à Madison dans le Maryland. Comme pour beaucoup d'esclaves aux États-Unis, ni l'année exacte, ni le lieu de sa naissance n'ont été enregistrés et les estimations des historiens divergent, s'échelonnant de 1820 à 1825. Kate Larson avance l'année 1822, en s'appuyant sur un paiement de sage-femme et plusieurs autres documents historiques tandis que Jean Humez affirme que « les meilleures données actuelles suggèrent que Tubman est née en 1820 mais cela a pu être un an ou deux plus tard. ». Catherine Clinton note q...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Anne Sexton. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 67. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928, Newton, MassachusettsOctober 4, 1974, Weston, Massachusetts) was an influential American poet and writer known for her highly personal, confessional poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967. Themes of her poetry include her long battle with depression. After repeated attempts, she took her own life in 1974. Anne Sexton was born Anne Gray Harvey in Newton, Massachusetts to Mary Gray Staples and Ralph Harvey. She spent most of her childhood in Boston. In 1945 she enrolled at Rogers Hall boarding school, Lowell, Massachusetts, later spending a year at Garland School. For a time she modeled for Boston's Hart Agency. On August 16, 1948, she married Alfred Sexton and they remained together until 1973. Sexton suffered from severe mental illness for much of her life. Her first manic episode took place in 1954. After a second breakdown in 1955 she met Dr Martin Orne who was to become her long-term therapist at the Glenside Hospital. He encouraged her to take up poetry. The first poetry workshop she attended was led by John Holmes. She felt great trepidation about registering for the class, asking a friend to make the phone call and accompany her to the first session. After the workshop Sexton experienced remarkably quick success with her poetry, with her poems accepted by The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and the Saturday Review. Sexton later studied with Robert Lowell at Boston University alongside distinguished poets Sylvia Plath and George Starbuck. Sexton's poetic life was further encouraged by her mentor W.D. Snodgrass, whom she met at the Antioch Writer's Conference in 1957. His poem Hearts Needle proved inspirational for her in its theme of separat...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=177377 ... Read more