Confessions Of A Poet Laureate

Author : Charles Simic
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781590174784

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Confessions of a Poet Laureate by Charles Simic Pdf

A NEW YORK REVIEW E-BOOK ORIGINAL As former U.S. poet laureate Charles Simic has said, the secret to our identities lies not in grand events, but in the parentheses between events--and in these brief essays, we get a taste of this great poet's parenthetical observations and recollections. He takes us from his rattling house on a stormy New Hampshire night, to a park bench in Washington Square where two old men sit discussing the women they've known, to a business convention in Topeka where he reads a poem, to the vanished subterranean jazz clubs of old New York, and beyond. Part autobiographical fragment, part waking dream, these pieces are marked by Simic's characteristic wit, audacity, and awe before life's strangeness. Contents include: --Reminiscing about the Night Before --Strangers on a Train --Confessions of a Poet Laureate --The Blustering Blast --The Buster Keaton Cure --On Losing --On the Couch with Philip Roth, at the Morgue with Pol Pot

Author : Alan Jacobs
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 019983167X

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The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs Pdf

In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Oprah's Book Club is hugely influential, and a recent NEA survey reveals an actual uptick in the reading of literary fiction. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that reading is, first and foremost, good for you--the intellectual equivalent of eating your Brussels sprouts. For such people, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice: read at whim, read what gives you delight, and do so without shame, whether it be Stephen King or the King James Version of the Bible. In contrast to the more methodical approach of Mortimer Adler's classic How to Read a Book (1940), Jacobs offers an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices. Invitingly written, with equal measures of wit and erudition, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction will appeal to all readers, whether they be novices looking for direction or old hands seeking to recapture the pleasures of reading they first experienced as children.

Author : Robert D. Edmonson
Publisher : Author House
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-16
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781468551129

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CONFESSIONS OF A POET by Robert D. Edmonson Pdf

" CONFESSIONS OF A POET " is a story of love. In this book you will find happiness, despair, humor, sadness and maybe just a little bit of yourself; what I have learned is: THERE REALLY IS LIGHT AFTER DARKNESS AND THE HUMAN HEART, WHILE SOMETIMES FRAGILE, BEATS STRONGEST WHEN YOU DARE TO DREAM! This collection is my legacy; a gift I choose to share...finally. I open my heart, once more, to let you in.

Author : Tychena Sanders
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781312127517

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Poetically Speaking: Confessions of a Soul Untamed by Tychena Sanders Pdf

A book filled with poetry that soothes the soul. The journey starts and goes full speed ahead to highlight love, the journey to maturity and the happiness that lies at the end of the tunnel. Poetry from the Soul of a Southern Belle to countless hearts throughout the world of literature.

Author : F. W. Orde (Frederick William Orde Ward
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1290746680

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Confessions of a Poet by F. W. Orde (Frederick William Orde Ward Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:926416049

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Confessions of a Poet by Anonim Pdf

Author : Liz Lochhead
Publisher : Polygon
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0954407539

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True Confessions & New Cliches by Liz Lochhead Pdf

In True Confessions & New Cliches, Liz Lochhead has brought together a selection of the best of her raps, songs, sketches and monologues from her plays and revues. She pokes fun at the seriousness with which we deal with everyday events in touching and hilarious ways. For a poet who believes so much in poetry belonging to the voice, these works hold a special place and they have become firm favorites with the many fans who attend her public readings.

Author : Alfred Tennyson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-19
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 033140219X

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The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate (Classic Reprint) by Alfred Tennyson Pdf

Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate In the Valley of Cauterets. Pg?! Supposed Confessions of a Second-rite Sen The Flower sltive Mind not in Unity with Itself The Islet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Poets, American
ISBN : OCLC:948535085

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Confessions of a Poet by Anonim Pdf

Author : Suzanne Diamond
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781611470437

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Compelling Confessions by Suzanne Diamond Pdf

Compelling Confessions: The Politics of Personal Disclosure is a collection of essays whose shared purpose is to offer an accessible interdisciplinary exploration of the social dynamics behind confessional discourse. As various contributors to this collection demonstrate, confession is ubiquitous in contemporary culture, not only within psychological or therapeutic frameworks or literary analysis, but also in internet discussion groups, in the criminal justice system, in political rhetoric, in so-called 'reality' and interview-style television programming, in writing pedagogy and, increasingly, in the testimonial strain observable in contemporary scholarship. Yet, 'telling one's story' raises questions, not only about authorial intent or authenticity, but also about the pressures disclosure can impose upon its audiences. Far less ubiquitous than confessions themselves, as these contributors suggest, are the critical tools that general audiences might employ in order to better evaluate the rhetoric of personal disclosure. It is, in fact, the shortage of such tools – responses and procedures that could be stated plainly and implemented by any reader or viewer – that Compelling Confessions sets out to address.

Author : Rabee Jaber
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811220682

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Confessions by Rabee Jaber Pdf

A powerful thriller about trauma and forgiveness, from the winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction During the violence and chaos of the Lebanese Civil War, a car pulls up to a roadblock on a narrow side street in Beirut. After a brief and confused exchange, several rounds of bullets are fired into the car, killing everyone inside except for a small boy of four or five. The boy is taken to the hospital, adopted by one of the assassins, and raised in a new family. “My father used to kidnap and kill people …” begins this haunting tale of a child who was raised by the murderer of his real family. The narrator of Confessions doesn’t shy away from the horrible truth of his murderous father—instead he confronts his troubled upbringing and seeks to understand the distortions and complexities of his memories, his war-torn country, and the quiet war that rages inside of him.

Author : Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780520969667

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Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer by Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara Pdf

A pioneer of Chicano rock, Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara performed with Frank Zappa, Johnny Otis, Bo Diddley, Tina Turner, and Celia Cruz, though he is best known as the front man of the 1970s experimental rock band Ruben And The Jets. Here he recounts how his youthful experiences in the barrio La Veinte of Santa Monica in the 1940s prepared him for early success in music and how his triumphs and seductive brushes with stardom were met with tragedy and crushing disappointments. Brutally honest and open, Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer is an often hilarious and self-critical look inside the struggle of becoming an artist and a man. Recognizing racial identity as composite, contested, and complex, Guevara—an American artist of Mexican descent—embraces a Chicano identity of his own design, calling himself a Chicano “culture sculptor” who has worked to transform the aspirations, alienations, and indignities of the Mexican American people into an aesthetic experience that could point the way to liberation.

Author : Vasko Popa
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781681373379

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Vasko Popa by Vasko Popa Pdf

An original collection of work by the great Serbian poet of the twentieth century. Vasko Popa is widely recognized as one of the great poets of the twentieth century, a riddling fabulist, whose work, taking its bearings from the songs and folklore of his native his Serbia and from surrealism, has a dark gnomic fatalistic humor and pathos that are like nothing else. Charles Simic, a master of contemporary American poetry, has been translating Popa’s work for more than a quarter century. This revised and greatly expanded edition of Simic’s Popa is a revelation.

Author : Billy Collins
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781610750226

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The Apple That Astonished Paris by Billy Collins Pdf

Bruce Weber in the New York Times called Billy Collins “the most popular poet in America.” He is the author of many books of poetry, including, most recently, The Rain in Portugal: Poems. In 1988 the University of Arkansas Press published Billy Collins’s The Apple That Astonished Paris, his “first real book of poems,” as he describes it in a new, delightful preface written expressly for this new printing to help celebrate both the Press’s twenty-fifth anniversary and this book, one of the Press’s all-time best sellers. In his usual witty and dry style, Collins writes, “I gathered together what I considered my best poems and threw them in the mail.” After “what seemed like a very long time” Press director Miller Williams, a poet as well, returned the poems to him in the “familiar self-addressed, stamped envelope.” He told Collins that there was good work here but that there was work to be done before he’d have a real collection he and the Press could be proud of: “Williams’s words were more encouragement than I had ever gotten before and more than enough to inspire me to begin taking my writing more seriously than I had before.” This collection includes some of Collins’s most anthologized poems, including “Introduction to Poetry,” “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House,” and “Advice to Writers.” Its success over the years is testament to Collins’s talent as one of our best poets, and as he writes in the preface, “this new edition . . . is a credit to the sustained vibrancy of the University of Arkansas Press and, I suspect, to the abiding spirit of its former director, my first editorial father.”

Author : Aleksandar Tisma
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590179215

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The Book of Blam by Aleksandar Tisma Pdf

The Book of Blam, Aleksandar Tišma’s “extended kaddish . . . [his] masterpiece” (Kirkus Reviews), is a modern-day retelling of the book of Job. The war is over. Miroslav Blam walks along the former Jew Street, and he remembers. He remembers Aaron Grün, the hunchbacked watchmaker; and Eduard Fiker, a lamp merchant; and Jakob Mentele, a stove fitter; and Arthur Spitzer, a grocer, who played amateur soccer and had non-Jewish friends; and Sándor Vértes, a lawyer who was a Communist. All dead. As are his younger sister and his best friend, a Serb, both of whom joined the resistance movement; and his mother and father in the infamous Novi Sad raid in January 1942—when the Hungarian Arrow Cross executed 1,400 Jews and Serbs on the banks of the Danube and tossed them into the river. Blam lives. The war he survived will never be over for him.