We want a black poem. And aBlack World.Let the world be a Black PoemAnd Let All Black People Speak This PoemSilentlyor LOUD “Black Art” by Amiri Baraka Tuesday, March 2 In class: Introduction to the Black Arts Movement Amiri Baraka (Poets.org) (Penn Sound) Nikki Giovanni (Poetryfoundation.org) (“Ego Tripping“) (Tedx Talk) Assignment: Read Black Arts Movement… Continue reading Week 7: Black Arts Movement
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Weeks 5 & 6: Post-Confessional Poetry
Tuesday, February 16 Dylan Thomas – Evan Napier Robert Pinsky – Parker Claus Adrienne Rich – Shanelle Meyer James Dickey – Phillip Jordan Thursday, February 18 A.R. Ammons – Lauren Rowe Galway Kinnell – Morgan Lampman Agha Shahid Ali – George Malahias Ai – Michael Gautier Tuesday, February 23 Louise Erdrich – Elliott Triebenbacher Gary… Continue reading Weeks 5 & 6: Post-Confessional Poetry
Week 4: Confessional Poetry
Tuesday, February 9 In class: Deep Image poetry and Robert Bly, “The Great Society“ Confessional Poetry Robert Lowell’s poems, Penn Sound Anne Sexton’s poems, Penn Sound Watch Anne Sexton USA Poetry documentary. Homework: Watch Sylvia Plath Documentary Read Sylvia Plath’s bio and poetry Thursday, February 11 In class: Discuss Sylvia Plath’s poetry Assignment: TBA
Week 3: San Francisco Renaissance and Beat Poets
Tuesday, February 2 In class: Readings:“San Francisco Renaissance” and “Beat Poets” in Princeton Encyclopedia Gary Snyder’s poetry Allen Ginsberg’s poetry Homework: Readings: “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg “The Cut Up Method” by William Burroughs “Cut-Up Poems from Minutes to Go” by William Burroughs Read Jack Kerouac’s bio and at least 2 poems. Writing: Write a 1-page… Continue reading Week 3: San Francisco Renaissance and Beat Poets
Week 2: The Black Mountain Poets
Tuesday, January 26 In class Characteristics of Modernism: Homework: “Oread” by H.D. “Preludes” by T.S. Eliot “Harlem” by Langston Hughes “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams “Buffalo Bill ‘s” by E.E. Cummings High Modernism: The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein Black Mountain Poetics: “Projective Verse” by Charles Olson Charles… Continue reading Week 2: The Black Mountain Poets
Week 1: Poetry before Postmodernism
Tuesday, January 19 In class Ice breaker Course overview Poetry before Modernism “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley “A Dream Within a Dream” by Edgar Allan Poe “I heard a Fly buzz” by Emily Dickinson “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman Assignment Join class in Google Classroom Order your books! Write a 1-paragraph… Continue reading Week 1: Poetry before Postmodernism