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Title Poet Poem Criticism Type Tags
Bonnie Costello: On "The Fish" Elizabeth Bishop The Fish Poem Criticism Christ figure; historical imagining; sexual quality; contradictions; figurative possibilities; mortality; culture
John Hatcher on: Aunt Jemima of the Ocean Waves Robert Hayden Aunt Jemima of the Ocean Waves Poem Criticism mythological; resilence; symbol; Afro-American; idenitity; survival; strength; fake; culture
John Lowney on "A Step Away from Them" Frank O'Hara A Step Away From Them Poem Criticism personal poem; 1950s; contemporary; Time Square; urban scene; Lunch Poems; mortality; Federico Fellini; the Film Industry; Pollock; movies; Manhattan Storage Warehouse; BULLFIGHT; The Day Lady Died; culture
On "Dust World" Poem Criticism Sioux; Reservation; Wind; Poor; America; sexuality; violence; post-colonial; culture; Redskin
On "Scalp Dance by Spokane Indians" Poem Criticism Indian Life; Scalp Dance; Spokane; Dance; mythology; culture; ethnography; West; Race; Paul Kane; American History
On "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel" How to Write the Great American Indian Novel Poem Criticism American Indian; Novel; Pop Culture; Literature; Hollywood; Rez Boys; Native; Smoke Signals; Sarcasm; Stories; culture
Michael Simeone: On "A Colossal American Copulation" Adrian C. Louis A Colossal American Copulation Poem Criticism Fuck; moral; culture; resistant; frustrated; angry; position; irrelavance; concern