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Newly translated for the first time in ten years, Federico Garcia
Lorca's Poet in New York is an astonishing depiction of a
tumultuous metropolis that changed the course of poetic expression
in both Spain and the Americas. Written during Federico Garcia
Lorca's nine months as a student at Columbia University at the
beginning of the Great Depression, Poet in New York is widely
considered one of the most important books Lorca ever produced.
This enduring and influential collection offers us a New York City
populated with poverty, racism, social turbulence, and solitude--a
New York intoxicating in its vitality and devastating beauty. After
the tragedy of September 11, 2001, poets Pablo Medina and Mark
Statman returned to this seventy-year-old work and were struck by
how closely it spoke to the atmosphere of New York after the World
Trade Center crumbled. They were compelled to create a new English
version of Poet in New York--translating the poems with reverence
and irreverence, caution and wildness, humility and nerve. They
translate Lorca's words with a contemporary poet's eye, which
allows their work to uphold his surrealistic technique, mesmerizing
complexity, and fierce emotion, unlike any other translation to
date. An excellent introduction to one of the most significant
figures in twentieth-century poetry, Poet in New York is a defining
work of modern literature and this new bilingual edition is an
exciting exposition of one American city that continues to have the
ability to change our perspective on the world around us.
The Alphabet of the Trees is a superb collection of essays about
teaching all aspects and forms of nature writing, including poems,
field journals, fiction, and nonfiction. It is a practical
handbook; an introduction to nature writing, nature poetry, and
fieldwork; and a guide to some basic strategies for teachers at all
levels. The distinguished contributors to this volume include
nature writers, poets, fiction writers, and educators: Eleanor J.
Bader, Barbara Bash, Joseph Bruchac, Jordan Clary, Jack Collom,
Carolyn Duckworth, Margot Fortunato Galt, Barry Gilmore, Cynde
Gregory, Penny Harter, Terry Hermsen, William J. Higginson, Susan
Karwoska, Clare Walker Leslie, Christian McEwen, Suzanne Rogier
Marshall, Holly Masturzo, Michael Morse, Mary Oliver, Carol F.
Peck, Sarah Juniper Rabkin, Charles E. Roth, Matthew Sharpe, Gary
Snyder, Kim Stafford, Sam Swope, John Tallmadge, Mary Edwards
Wertsch, Janine Pommy Vega, and Ann Zwinger. Their essays present
inspiring models from Tu Fu, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos
Williams, Denise Levertov, Matsuo Basho, Muriel Rukeyser, Henry
David Thoreau, Rainer Maria Rilke, Pablo Neruda, and many others.
The Alphabet of the Trees also includes an extensive bibliography
and resource section.
Mark Statman, a long time Writer-in-Residence for Teachers &
Writers Collaborative, presents in this collection a series of
essays and exercises on his own pedagogical approach to the
elementary and college writing classroom. There is an emphasis on
working with what the students already know, modeling after poets
with whom the students are familiar, introducing new poets relevant
to curricula and his own aesthetic preferences, and revision. For
teachers and students who are eager to read about how a talented
and seasoned professional feels about his career, plans lessons,
and works in the field with students, Listener in the Snow will be
indispensable.
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