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John Holmes (January 6, 1904 – June 22, 1962), born John Albert Holmes Jr., was a poet and critic. [1] [2] [3] He was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, and both attended and taught at Tufts University where he was a professor of literature and modern poetry for 28 years.
11. "Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk." 12. "That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t." 13. "If we can just convince other people to get ...
Gorman in 2017. Amanda Gorman is an American poet from Los Angeles, California.In 2017, aged 19, she was named the first National Youth Poet Laureate. [2] On January 14, 2021, the Inaugural Committee, which was organizing the inauguration of Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., announced that Gorman would be giving a poetry reading at the event on January 20. [3]
The Country Without a Post Office is a 1997 collection of poems written by the Kashmiri-American [a] poet Agha Shahid Ali. [2] [3] The title poem, which has become a symbol for freedom, is one of the most famous about Kashmir. In the decades since its publication, under renewed conflict and censorship in the region, it has been cited by ...
Today I am blessed.” “Being free is being able to accept people for what they are, and not try to understand all they are or be what they are.” “Life offers us tickets to places which we ...
William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. [1] He was a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016.
It marked both a turning point in Lowell's career and a turning point for American poetry in general. [72] Because many of the poems documented details from Lowell's family life and personal problems, one critic, M. L. Rosenthal, labeled these poems "confessional" in a review of Life Studies that first appeared in The Nation magazine. [75]
The Library of Congress produces a guide to American poetry inspired by the 9/11 attacks, including anthologies and books dedicated to the subject. [32] [33] Robert Pinsky has a special place in American poetry as he was the poet laureate of the United States for three terms. [34] No other poet has been so honored.