Tag: Close Readings

By Rigoberto González Posted Jan 31, 2019

An exploration of “the collusion and collision of peoples and cultures” in the poetry of Victor Hernández Cruz.

By Rigoberto González Posted Jan 18, 2019

A look at Federico García Lorca’s poem “City That Does Not Sleep” and its “bleak critique of modernity and capitalism.”

By Carl Phillips Posted Dec 17, 2018

A look at how Tommy Pico reveals “stereotypes about a culture’s relationship to nature” in his book-length Nature Poem.

By Carl Phillips Posted Nov 26, 2018

Carl Phillips examines how a poem by John Clare conveys “sensitivity to wilderness and the human ability to reason about it.”

By Carl Phillips Posted Nov 19, 2018

Carl Phillips looks at a 1797 sonnet by Charlotte Smith that explores the desire to escape “a civilization of reason’s making.”

By Camille T. Dungy Posted Nov 12, 2018

A close look at a poem by Sterling A. Brown that asks us “What happens when hope comes home?” Part 5 of 5 on the theme of home.

By Camille T. Dungy Posted Oct 30, 2018

An exploration of the ways in which a poem by Lucille Clifton “casts nets of inclusion and exclusion.” Part 3 of 5 on the theme of home.

By Camille T. Dungy Posted Oct 22, 2018

An investigation of Maggie Smith’s “homing strategies” in her poem “Good Bones.” Part 2 of 5 on the theme of home.

By Camille T. Dungy Posted Oct 16, 2018

A close look at Phillis Wheatley’s subversion of Neoclassical poetry in “On Being Brought from Africa to America.” Part 1 of 5 on the theme of home.