The Atlantic Publishes ‘The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),’ Recognizing the Most Consequential Poetry Collections of the Past 25 Years
T oday The Atlantic launches “The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),” a new editorial project that brings ...
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The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
These poems share a sense of urgency that reflects the overwhelmingly stressful events swirling around them—matters of war, race ... cartoon imploring the American colonies to “JOIN, or ...
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Leaves of Grass
The 1872 edition spread these Civil War poems throughout the book, suggesting that the war formed an essential part of the American character. In 1881 Whitman was 62 years old and contemplating ...
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Opinion: How can Israelis and Palestinians make peace? Reading each other's poetry is a good start
But can poetry ameliorate a war or hasten a peaceful resolution ... It connects the Palestinian poet with this American Jewish poet, as grandsons whose grandfathers’ lives continue to sustain ...
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War of Words: Director's notes
Perhaps he has a point - in the decades after the war, poems were anthologized, a process that disconnected the work from the events that inspired it. Depictions of specific attacks became generic ...
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The Mexican American War
Worth, during the Mexican-American War.1855. Library of Congress. In 1844, President James K. Polk ran on a Democratic platform that supported manifest destiny, the idea that Americans were ...