(Feeling) at Home in America with Sterling A. Brown
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.
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(Feeling) at Home in America with Craig Santos Perez
By Camille T. Dungy
Posted Nov 5, 2018
A look at the intersection of “the local and domestic” with the global in a poem by Craig Santos Perez. Part 4 of 5 on the theme of home.
…(Feeling) at Home in America with Lucille Clifton
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.
(Feeling) at Home in America with Maggie Smith
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.
(Feeling) at Home in America with Phillis Wheatley
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.