Books : Learning by Heart: Contemporary American Poetry about School
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from: University Of Iowa Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54080355
EAN: 9780877456636
ISBN: 0877456631
Label: University Of Iowa Press
Manufacturer: University Of Iowa Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 248
Publication Date: March 01, 1999
Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
Sales Rank: 876208
Studio: University Of Iowa Press
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Learning by Heart brings together a unique and diverse collection of poems about the experience of school as seen through the eyes of America's best contemporary poets. These poets capture the educational process not only in the classroom but as it takes place in the libraries and hallways, on playing fields, and at dances. Alternately joyous and defiant, they demonstrate how it is that young people come to find their place in the world.
Most of the poems in this anthology were written between 1970 and 1995, a period that encompasses both the halcyon years of the poets-in-the-schools programs and the primary and secondary school years of many of the poets included. Their poems define school in that most contemporary sense--with a multitude of voices--reflecting perspectives from African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, and Native American as well as Anglo American backgrounds, from both public and private schools in rural and urban environments.
Learning by Heart offers a profound and timely statement about schools and learning as well as the role of art in education. Finally, these poems validate that most important lesson: even the most common of experiences is worthy of creative expression.
Contributors include Gary Snyder, Louise Glick, Eamon Grennan, Donald Hall, Audre Lorde, Gary Soto, Mark Doty, Paul Zimmer, Jane Kenyon, Li-Young Lee, Jorie Graham, David Wojahn, Louise Erdich, Toi Derricotte, Philip Levine, William Stafford, James Wright, Sherman Alexie, Cornelius Eady, Rita Dove, Gwendolyn Brooks, Maxine Kumin, Edward Hirsch, Robert Bly, Sharon Olds, and Brigit Pegeen Kelly.
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Rating: - School.
School continues to be one of the most traumatizing/wonderful experiences of my life. This book talks about school from all angles .. highly recommended.
Rating: - A must-read for everyone who's ever been to school
This collection includes some of the best poems of our time--all related to school. The pain and poignancy of school-age experiences in the classroom, on the playground, or on the athletic field, are captured in this volume with the resonance of shared life. The names of teachers--Mrs. Krikorian, Mrs. Smythe, and the rest--bring back our own teachers' faces and even their "sausage arms." Teachers themselves speak here as well, with humor, sadness, or a sense of loss about the classrooms of children ... Read More
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