Poets Against the War
Registered by humberts-doll of Springfield, Missouri USA on 4/28/2004
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
Synopsis:
"Poets Against the War is a landmark anthology--a collection of original poetry that registers each author's opposition to war with Iraq. Its origins can be traced back to the day when Sam Hamill received an invitation from Laura Bush to a White House Symposium on "Poetry and the American Voice." Upon receiving her leter he was overcome by a sense of nausea and disgust, having only recently read George Bush's proposed "Shock and Awe" attack plan for Iraq...
"Hamill's response was to compose a letter addressed to 'Friends and Fellow Poets' in which he callled upon writers to 'reconstitute a Poets Against the War movement like the one organized to speak out against the war in Vietnam.'...Over 13,000 poems were donated by nearly 11,000 poets, including work by Adrienne Rich, W.S. Merwin, Galway Kinnell, Robert Bly, Marilyn Hacker, Grace Schulman, Shirley Kaufman, Katha Pollitt, Hayden Carruth, Jane Hirschfield, Tess Gallagher, Carolyn Kizer, Jim Harrison, Terry Tempest Williams, and former poet laurete Rita Dove."
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Many other previously unpublished poets are also included in the anthology, and it's interesting to note that the Symposium at the White House was cancelled after the White House learned of Hamill's plans. I enjoyed this anthology. With all of the contributors, the tone of the poems are diverse and range from humorous, touching, sad, and all are thought-provoking.
"Poets Against the War is a landmark anthology--a collection of original poetry that registers each author's opposition to war with Iraq. Its origins can be traced back to the day when Sam Hamill received an invitation from Laura Bush to a White House Symposium on "Poetry and the American Voice." Upon receiving her leter he was overcome by a sense of nausea and disgust, having only recently read George Bush's proposed "Shock and Awe" attack plan for Iraq...
"Hamill's response was to compose a letter addressed to 'Friends and Fellow Poets' in which he callled upon writers to 'reconstitute a Poets Against the War movement like the one organized to speak out against the war in Vietnam.'...Over 13,000 poems were donated by nearly 11,000 poets, including work by Adrienne Rich, W.S. Merwin, Galway Kinnell, Robert Bly, Marilyn Hacker, Grace Schulman, Shirley Kaufman, Katha Pollitt, Hayden Carruth, Jane Hirschfield, Tess Gallagher, Carolyn Kizer, Jim Harrison, Terry Tempest Williams, and former poet laurete Rita Dove."
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Many other previously unpublished poets are also included in the anthology, and it's interesting to note that the Symposium at the White House was cancelled after the White House learned of Hamill's plans. I enjoyed this anthology. With all of the contributors, the tone of the poems are diverse and range from humorous, touching, sad, and all are thought-provoking.
Sent off to weeblet yesterday along with "A Confederacy of Dunces." Claimed on Book Relay site.
got it! looks great :) thanks for offering!
Weeblet passed this book along to me in a box of books that need new homes. I'm up for the task! Thanks Weeblet for the box.
This book came with a bookmark from British Columbia. Perhaps I'll find someone in BC who enjoys poetry and mail it off as a RABCK. :)
This book came with a bookmark from British Columbia. Perhaps I'll find someone in BC who enjoys poetry and mail it off as a RABCK. :)
Journal Entry 5 by RidingReader at Pizza Palace III - San Jose Blvd. in Jacksonville, Florida USA on Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (8/2/2006 UTC) at Pizza Palace III - San Jose Blvd. in Jacksonville, Florida USA
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