November, Deena & Rosenberg, Liz eds. I just hope it's lethal: poems of sadness, madness and joy.NOVEMBER, Deena & ROSENBERG, Liz, eds. I just hope it's lethal: poems of sadness, madness and joy. Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers , Graphia. 208p. index. c2005. 0-618-56452-7. $7.99. SA Brought to life by college professor Liz Rosenberg and her student, Deena November, this anthology contains a wide variety of poems that in one way or another deal with the themes of depression and madness. Its purpose, as Rosenberg states in her introduction to the book, is to serve as a "guide for those who find themselves lost in a dark wilderness," for "poetry can help us survive." It is a collection that comforts its readers with an impressive number of poems by poets like Sylvia Plath Noun 1. Sylvia Plath - United States writer and poet (1932-1963) Plath , T.S. Eliot, and Rumi, as well as the equally moving poems of unknown young poets. Rosenberg and November even throw a few of their own poems into the eclectic e·clec·tic adj. 1. Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles: an eclectic taste in music; an eclectic approach to managing the economy. 2. mix. It is a collection that ultimately shows how common feelings of depression and instability really are--even among the greatest of minds. As May Sarton May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995) was an American poet, novelist, and memoirist born in Wondelgem, Belgium. Many of her novels and poems are pellucid reflections of the lesbian experience. Biography Eleonor Mary Sarton, a.k.a. puts it in her poem "A Glass of Water"--"Someone in dark confusion as I was / When I drank down cold water in a glass, / Drank a transparent health to keep me sane sane (san) sound in mind. sane adj. Of sound mind; mentally healthy. sane , / After the bitter mood had gone again." Beth Lizardo, College Student, NY S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians This is a list of people who have practised as a librarian and are well-known, either for their contributions to the library profession or primarily in some other field. and teachers working in high schools where are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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