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The everyday is what the prophetic poet focuses on, that is what fills him with rage, that is what he wants to transform

The first book to describe and analyze at length the prophetic voice and the everyday voice in postwar and contemporary American poetry. Nick Halpern's commentaries on the work of Robert Lowell, A.R. Ammons, James Merrill, Adrienne Rich, Jorie Graham, and Louise Glück, serve the reader with a fresh and original context in which to see their work, and Postwar American poetry as a whole. ... Read more

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insightful, well written
I knew little about poetry before reading this book.When I was done, I knew much more and was inspired to read more.Halpern is insightful and thorough here.His sections of analysis are well structured AND exciting. I finished the book wishing he had written more. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Mississippi Quarterly, published by Mississippi State University on September 22, 1999. The length of the article is 1453 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Approaching Prayer: Ritual and the Shape of Myth in A.R. Ammons and James Dickey.(Review) (book review)
Author: Joel Peckham
Publication: The Mississippi Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1999
Publisher: Mississippi State University
Volume: 52Issue: 4Page: 720

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This digital document is an article from The Mississippi Quarterly, published by Thomson Gale on December 22, 2005. The length of the article is 7634 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A. R. Ammons's comic strip Glare: lit(t)erary musings about nothing.(Critical essay)
Author: Lorraine DiCicco
Publication: The Mississippi Quarterly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 59Issue: 1-2Page: 187(19)

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Chapters: Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Kurt Loder, Richard M. Atwater, A. R. Ammons, George Gandy, Anthony Maher, Charles K. Landis, Stedman Graham, Keith Andes, Alexis Dziena, Kevin Bramble, Frank J. Esposito, Matthew Maher, Carlton Godfrey, Aliki Brandenberg, Andrew J. Tomlin, Stephen Dunn, T. Millet Hand, James Cafiero, John Buchman Walthour, Rosemary Jeffries, Bill Pilczuk, Neil Hartman, Greg Fulginiti, Thomas H. Hughes, Jamie Ginn. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 93. 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: Kurt Loder (born May 5, 1945) is an American film critic, author, columnist, and television personality. He served in the 1980s as editor at Rolling Stone, during a tenure that Reason later called "legendary". He has contributed to articles in Esquire, Details, New York, and Time. He has also made cameos on several films and television series. Prior to Rolling Stone, Loder had worked for Circus magazine and had been drafted into the United States Army. He is currently best known for his role at MTV News and for appearing in numerous other MTV-related television specials. Loder was born in Ocean City, New Jersey. He graduated in 1963 from Ocean City High School in Ocean City. He spent two years in college "and just hated it". He was drafted into the United States Army and joined its journalism school. He later said that he "just fell into" his field, elaborating that his "entire journalism background is four weeks... That's it. Nothing else. You can learn journalism in four weeks. It's not an overcomplicated thing. It's very, very simple." He was in the military for three years. Loder lived all over Europe for the next several years, doing what he later called "scandal sheet" "yellow journalism". He returned home to New Jersey at the end of 1972 and worked with a local newspaper and th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1954986 ... Read more

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Chapters: Edolphus Towns, A. R. Ammons, W. Horace Carter, Thomas F. Toon, Jerrod Mustaf, Chester Mcglockton, Reggie Singletary. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. 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: Edolphus "Ed" Towns (born July 21, 1934) is an American politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 10th District of New York based in Brooklyn, and including such communities such as Fort Greene, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Mill Basin, Cypress Hills, East New York and Canarsie. A Democrat, he has served in the House since 1983. On December 10, 2008, the House Democratic Caucus formally elected Rep. Towns as Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The previous chairman Henry Waxman defeated John Dingell to become Energy and Commerce Committee chair. Towns was born in Chadbourn, North Carolina and earned his bachelor's degree from North Carolina A ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from American Drama, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 3576 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A. R. Ammons and Arthur Miller: unexpected metaphysical connections.
Author: George P. Castellitto
Publication: American Drama (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 15Issue: 1Page: 74(11)

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This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Modern Poetry Association on October 1, 2001. The length of the article is 4917 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: THE TITLES A. R. AMMONS, 1926-2001.(Review)
Author: Helen Vendler
Publication: Poetry (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2001
Publisher: Modern Poetry Association
Volume: 179Issue: 1Page: 31

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