Book Review: "American Poetry: A Very Short Introduction" by David Caplan
Help me, I'm stuck in the Very Short Introduction series and I can't get out!
No really, this is becoming the same problem I had a few years ago when I got my limbs caught in the British Library Crime Classics series and ended up reading almost 100 of those books in perhaps a few months. Now, I've managed to find one on American Poetry, I have to say it is probably one of my favourites so far. I mean The Beats is good, but American Poetry has Phillis Wheatley and Emily Dickinson so it is, by default, better. The writer doesn't only display his knowledge of American Poetic History, he also provides some historical accounts of the people who wrote them, commenting on where they fit into the greater American landscape.
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Your time will come, Emily, as will mine. Beautiful words and personally relatable!
🙏🏾for you!
A truly honest and deeply relatable poem!
I hope you're going ok! You got this!
Sending you alot of hugs🫂and ❤️ You are stronger than this 👍
The irony is, I can't wait for my divorce to be final.