Phillip B. Williams Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Revolver
Robyn Schiff
Books I taught in the 2nd half of my NYU graduate craft course this term. Not pictured is REVOLVER by Robin Schiff. First half was last fall on prosody. Topic was a gauntlet of poetry tools and styles including long poem, short poem, fragmentation, surrealism/mythos and more! https://t.co/8vocxF39eF
Paperback, 2008
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Maafa
Harmony Holiday
Thank you @Harmony_Holiday for all you create. Photo of Harmony Holiday's book MAAFA, cover art is side-back photo of singer Sade's head and her partial reflection in a broken mirror, revealing a single eye. MAAFA in large print beneath photo, author's name above photo. https://t.co/qUtSdnImFP
Paperback, 2022
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How to Not Be Afraid of Everything
Jane Wong
Poetry at Bennington is delighted to be hosting poets Aditi Machado and Jane Wong this Wednesday, May 4th at 7pm via Zoom, as they read from their poetry collections Emporium and How to Not Be Afraid of Everything. Link: https://t.co/xiIT9AxvOp https://t.co/4dTxOvO47G
Paperback, 2021
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East of Eden
John Steinbeck
Favorite novel over 600 pages? I think mine is still East of Eden by John Steinbeck, though Mosquito by Gayl Jones has me wondering.
Paperback, 1992
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Primitive: The Art and Life of Horace H. Pippin
Janice N. Harrington
@CarolinaEbeid Primitive: The Art and Life of Horace H. Pippin by Janice N. Harrington https://t.co/uxfCCYqnQU
Paperback, 2016
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East of Eden: John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (1902-2002)
John Steinbeck
Favorite novel over 600 pages? I think mine is still East of Eden by John Steinbeck, though Mosquito by Gayl Jones has me wondering.
Hardcover, 2003
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Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up
Remica Bingham-Risher
I can't wait to read SOUL CULTURE: Black Poets, Books, and Questions that Grew Me Up by @remicawriter. https://t.co/y4TxmC60sl
Hardcover, 2022
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Winter Numbers: Poems
Marilyn Hacker
There's Lo Kwa Mei-en's poems that use every word and syntactical arrangement in existence. Super dense and formally rigorous. Venùs Khoury-Ghata (tr Marilyn Hacker) with her title-less vignettes of mythos and surrealism. Jos Charles's archaisms, neologisms, and taut sparsity.
Paperback, 2010
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Beloved
Toni Morrison
Rewatching the Toni Morrison document The Pieces I Am and got to the part where some male critics, responding to her Nobel Prize win, said she made "men, Black men, look bad" in BELOVED. I don't know a more caring Black male character in literature than Stamp Paid. Envy is wild.
Hardcover, 2004
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Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry
Terrance Hayes
Book trailer for Terrance Hayes's book Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry. https://t.co/vMJ2NmdrjB
Paperback, 2023
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