From Library Journal
Twenty years after the tragic events at Kent State University, a group of more than 300 poets gathered on the campus to pay tribute to the four students killed by Ohio National Guard Troops on May 4, 1970, at the height of the Vietnam War protests. Politics and poetry do not often mix, but this book is a uniquely successful blending of social rage and literary art. Among the 147 poems collected here are such memorable pieces as Donald Hall's "Tomorrow," Shinkichi Takahashi's "Burning Oneself to Death" (translated by Lucien Stryk), Sharon Olds's "The Protestor," Lucille Clifton's "after Kent State," and Lisel Mueller's "Bedtime Story." A significant, well-edited collection of historical and literary value, this book will help readers come to terms with Vietnam because "one of the ancient functions of poetry is to remember and to heal." Recommended for all poetry collections.
- Daniel L. Guillory, Millikin Univ., Decatur, Ill.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
Art In America by Maggie Anderson
Heart Fire by Maggie Anderson
Kent 25, Sels. by Bill Arthrell
Going Into Moonlight by Dick Bakken
Asking The Dead For Help by Jan Beatty
Birch Trees by Robin Becker
Specific Nouns by Thomas L. Beckett
Green by Marvin Bell
The American by James Bertolino
Five Views Of The New History: 1, Her Arms by James Bertolino
Five Views Of The New History: 2, The Marriage by James Bertolino
Five Views Of The New History: 3, The Garden by James Bertolino
Five Views Of The New History: 4, Seventh Month by James Bertolino
Five Views Of The New History: 5, The Face by James Bertolino
Red Carnations by Angela Bilia
Rising To Meet It by Chana Bloch
The Language Of The Dead by Daniel Carter Bourne
On The Infanticide by Bertolt Brecht
For A Gathering Of Poets by James Richard Broughton
May Four by Michael Dennis Browne
Crossing Into West Germany by Joseph Bruchac
Prayer For The Time Of Advent by Ernest Bryll
Arrows by Jeanne Bryner
Maud Harris by Leasa Burton
Changing Places by Susan A. Carlsen
Enough by Mary M. Chadbourne
The Fate Of The Children by Kelly Cherry
The Odessa Steps by Amy Clampitt
The Sky by Kevin Clark
After Kent State by Lucille Clifton
The Flashboat by Jane Cooper
Inland Sea by Sophie Crawford
The Heart by Tom Crawford
The War Effort, 1943 by Tom Crawford
A Real Comedian: The True Genius Of Bob Hope by Jim Daniels
Afterwards Apollo by Kate Daniels
But Artemis Was Less Uncertain Than Her Brother by Kate Daniels
The Death Of The Niobids by Kate Daniels
The Gods Are Optional by Kate Daniels
The Little King, Fr. The Niobe Poems by Kate Daniels
The Hardest Thing %is That There's No Undoing It by Kathe Davis
Kumbha Thoughts by Kathe Davis
Captivity: The Minks by Toi Derricotte
For The Dead At Jackson State by Toi Derricotte
Brief Wyoming Meditation by Diane Di Prima
Soldier Stories by Patricia Dobler
Sleeping With The Enemy %i Dont' Want To Talk About It by Sharon Lura Edens Doubiago
Sometimes I Understand The Hatred Against Women by Sharon Lura Edens Doubiago
The Planet Krypton by Lynn Emanuel
The Lilac Age by Julie Fay
The Reprieve by Edward Field
The Scream by Edward Field
As If He Were Free by Tess Gallagher
Allison by Alex Gildzen
The Gathering Approaches %& I Choke by Alex Gildzen
Cosmopolitan Greetings by Allen Ginsberg
Dead Baby by Patricia Goedicke
Tomorrow by Donald Hall
To Jeffrey Miller by Joseph Hansen
History Lesson by Yvonne Moore Hardenbrook
Eagle Poem by Joy Harjo
Listening And Telling by Marc Harshman
May 1990 by David Hassler
May 4, 1970 by Donald Hassler
On Living by Nazim Hikmet
White Deer by Brenda Lynn Hillman
May 4, 1990 by Tiff Holland
A Matter Of Trees by Brooke Horvath
Liberty & Ten Years Of Return by Christopher Howell
A Reminder To The Current President; For Lewis Cook by Christopher Howell
Soldier by David Ignatow
From Ancient To Present: %homage To Kent State by Lawson Fusao Inada
The War At Home by Lowell Jaeger
Sometines I See Angels by Lori Jakiela
An Awful Lot Was Happening by Lawrence Joseph
