Poetry of the City with Victor Hernández Cruz
An exploration of “the collusion and collision of peoples and cultures” in the poetry of Victor Hernández Cruz.
An exploration of “the collusion and collision of peoples and cultures” in the poetry of Victor Hernández Cruz.
A look at Federico García Lorca’s poem “City That Does Not Sleep” and its “bleak critique of modernity and capitalism.”
A look at how Tommy Pico reveals “stereotypes about a culture’s relationship to nature” in his book-length Nature Poem.
Carl Phillips examines how a poem by John Clare conveys “sensitivity to wilderness and the human ability to reason about it.”
Carl Phillips looks at a 1797 sonnet by Charlotte Smith that explores the desire to escape “a civilization of reason’s making.”
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.
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.
An investigation of Maggie Smith’s “homing strategies” in her poem “Good Bones.” Part 2 of 5 on the theme of home.
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.