Tag: (Feeling) At Home in America

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 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.

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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.