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The poem was first presented as a public poetry reading at a New Year's Eve party in 1898. It was soon published in the San Francisco Examiner in January 1899 after its editor heard it at the same party. [2] The poem was also reprinted in other newspapers across the United States due to a chorus of acclaim. [2]
In 1976, Gilpin was awarded the Walt Whitman Award by the Academy of American Poets for her book of poems titled The Hocus-Pocus of the Universe. She was selected by William Stafford. [2] Her work was also published in the magazine Poetry. [3] Gilpin later wrote another book of poetry, titled The Weight of a Soul, which was published ...
The Weight of the World: A Journal (German: Das Gewicht der Welt. Ein Journal (Nov. 1975–März 1977) ) is a 1977 book by the Austrian writer Peter Handke . It is Handke's notes or diary entries from a stay in Paris with his daughter from November 1975 to March 1977.
Eerdmans paperback edition (1965) The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses is a collection of essays and addresses on Christianity by C.S. Lewis.It was first published as a single transcribed sermon, "The Weight of Glory" in 1941, appearing in the British journal, Theology, then in pamphlet form in 1942 by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London.
The speaker of the poem openly describes her "zest/To bear [another person's] body's weight upon [her] breast" in a physical "frenzy" (Millay 4-5, 13). This blunt admission of female sexual desire in a woman's voice has led some readers to view the sonnet as a "frank, feminist poem" in which Millay "acknowledg[es] her biological needs as a ...
Anne Michaels (born 15 April 1958) is a Canadian poet and novelist whose work has been translated and published in over 45 countries. Her books have garnered dozens of international awards including the Orange Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Lannan Award for Fiction and the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for the Americas.
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"The Weight" is one of the Band's best known songs, gaining considerable album-oriented rock airplay even though it was not a significant hit single for the group in the US, peaking at only No. 63. [9] After it was released, the record debuted just six days later on KHJ's " 'Boss 30' records" [10] and peaked at No. 3 there three weeks later ...