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Freshman Seminar 64p. Introduction to Lyric Poetry

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Instructor: Gordon Teskey Monday, 12:45-2:45pm | Location: Barker 316 Enrollment: Limited to 12 students Course Site This is a seminar for first-year students that introduces lyric poetry from Asia, Europe, and North America. The seminar covers a wide...

English 52. Poets: Poetry and Everything

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Instructor: Chris Spaide Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:00-1:00 pm | Location: Barker 114 Website Enrollment: Limited to 27 students. An introduction to the major categories of lyric poetry—from Chaucer’s time to ours, from this zip code and wherever else...

Morris Gray Poetry Reading Featuring Jane Miller

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Miller is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including the National Poetry Series selection The Greater Leisures (1983), Memory at These Speeds: New and Selected Poems (1996), the book-length poem A Palace of Pearls (2005), and the forthcoming...

The Poetry of John Milton by Gordon Teskey (2015)

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CSWR Poetry Series: The Invisible Sun: Poetry, Translation, and the Mystical Imagination with Sholeh Wolpé

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Registration is encouraged. Please register to attend in person. Please register to attend on Zoom. The Invisible Sun is the first comprehensive English collection of poetry by the twelfth-century Persian mystic Attar, revered by Rumi as his master...

English 90lp. Lyric Poetry from East to West

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Instructor: Gordon Teskey Day & Time: Mondays 12-2:45pm Course Website A wide-ranging close reading of poetry and song from four continents: Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Poetry not in English will be translated but students with competence in...

Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology by Helen Vendler (2009)

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Jorie Graham Wins Library of Congress Poetry Prize

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The Library of Congress will award the 2018 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry to Jorie Graham for her 2017 book “Fast.” Graham, who is the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University, will receive the award and read...

Morris Gray Poetry Reading with Natalie Diaz and Shane McCrae

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The Harvard Department of English presents the Morris Gray Poetry Reading featuring Natalie Diaz and Shane McCrae. Join us at 6pm in the Thompson Room at 12 Quincy St. for a poetry reading and Q and A from the authors with an introduction by Professor...

Morris Gray Poetry Reading with Brenda Shaughnessy and Kevin Young

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Brenda Shaughnessy is the Okinawan-Irish American author of seven poetry collections, including Tanya (Knopf, 2023) The Octopus Museum (a New York Times 2019 Notable Book,) and Liquid Flesh: New and Selected Poems (Bloodaxe, U.K.) Recipient of awards from...

Stratis Haviaras Poetry Reading with Sherwin Bitsui and Rowan Ricardo Phillips

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The Harvard Department of English presents the Stratis Haviaras Poetry Reading with Sherwin Bitsui and Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Join us at 6pm in the Thompson Room at 12 Quincy St. for a poetry reading and Q and A from the authors with an introduction by...

English 184. Foundations of Lyric Poetry

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Instructor: Peter Sacks Wednesday, 3:00-5:00pm | Location: For Spring 2023, this class will feature remote lectures via zoom with in-person TF sections on campus. An introduction to the fundamentals of Lyric poetry. This course satisfies the English...