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This class will introduce you to a wide range of American poets whose poetry deals with social issues such as poverty and racism. However, we will not reduce the poems to their thematic concerns but use them to practice the analysis of poetry, paying attention to the connection between form and content and practice close reading. We will begin with Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman and then move through the 20th century with poets like Muriel Rukeyser and Wanda Coleman before focusing on Caleb Femi and Don Mee Choi, two contemporary writers whose books we will discuss in more detail.
Please purchase and read:
- Caleb Femi, Poor (Penguin Books 2020)
- Don Mee Choi, DMZ Colony (Wave Books, 2020)
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