#X.J. Kennedy

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"IT GOBBLED FOURTEEN KIDS A YEAR, INCREDIBLY BULLHEADED."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the Cretan Minotaur, an illustration from the children's book "Dragons, Dragons, and Other Creatures that Never Were" (1988), illustrated by the late, great Eric Carle (1929-2021).

"King Midas had a minotaur, That all the people dreaded, It gobbled fourteen kids a year, Incredibly bull-headed,

It dwelt inside a twisty maze, That no one could escape, Til Theseus, shouting loud "OLÉS!" Swung sword and swisher red cape."

-- X.J. KENNEDY (b. 1929)

Ah, the Minotaur, one of my earliest mythological fixations as a kid, and I just thought this was a pretty badass illustration to be included in a children's book at the time. I still believe this.

Source: www.fairyroom.ru/?p=56315.

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Ursa Major, Ursa Minor Poem by X.J. Kennedy; Art by Robert Byrd Publication Unknown

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Alredered Remembers New Jersey native and poet X.J. Kennedy, on his birthday.

"In poetry, only emotions endure"

[apoemaday]

To His Lover, That She Be Not Overdressed

by X.J. Kennedy

And why take ye thought for raiment? —Matthew 6:28

The lilies of the field That neither toil nor spin Stand dazzlingly revealed In not a thing but skin And in that radiant state Sheer essences they wear. Take heed, my fashion plate. Be so arrayed. Go bare.

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“The Battle of Finnsburh” from The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems In Translation (tr. X.J. Kennedy)

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Two caught on film who hurtle from the eight-second floor choosing between a fireball and to jump holding hands, aren't us. I wake beside you, stretch, scratch, taste the air, the incredible joy of coffee and the morning light. Alive, we open eyelids on our pitiful share of time, we bubbles rising and bursting in a boiling pot.

September Twelfth, 2001, by X.J. Kennedy

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al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #712

first posted in facebook june 27, 2019

alexandria smith -- "the incognegroes" (2018)

"humor and a dark probing of social issues are filtered through my own mythology: a cast of characters, symbols and landscapes that have developed in my work" ... alexandria smith

"[alexandria smith's] piece 'the incognegroes' reflects other shifts in [her] work. a tightly composed view of walking women that she says was influenced by marcel duchamp’s 'nude descending a staircase'” ... pamela reynolds

"i went to the museum and stood on a chair some girl drew a crowd by what she didn't wear she made everybody look up there it was a naked girl falling down the stairs" ... lux interior

"the idea of visibility and invisibility was something that i think i was going for. how can these figures both be present and invisible at the same time? how can these figures both be independent but also together, and sort of joined, and be a part of their environment literally?" ... alexandria smith (on her painting "the incognegroes")

"that partially explains the title 'incognegroes' — a tongue-in-cheek slang term sometimes used to refer to those of african descent who don’t acknowledge their african heritage and sometimes used to refer to a black person who prefers to remain in the background" ... pamela reynolds

"toe after toe, a snowing flesh, a gold of lemon, root and rind, she sifts in sunlight down the stairs with nothing on. nor on her mind.

we spy beneath the banister a constant thresh of thigh on thigh; her lips imprint the swinging air that parts to let her parts go by.

one-woman waterfall, she wears her slow descent like a long cape and pausing on the final stair, collects her motions into shape" ... x.j. kennedy

"shapes ... of things before my eyes ... just teach me to surprise ... will rhyme make men more wise?" ... al janik

[thesmophorae]

together at the end of the world

in time - w.s. merwin / rapture - emily axford / september 12, 2001 - x.j. kennedy / two comedians - edward hopper / perhaps the world ends here - joy harjo / as the world caves in - matt maltese / rural boys watch the apocalypse - keaton st. james

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Suppose your life a folded telescope Durationless, collapsed in just a flash As from your mother's womb, you, bawling, drop Into a nursing home. Suppose you crash Your car, your marriage--toddler laying waste A field of daisies, schoolkid, zit-faced teen With lover zipping up your pants in haste Hearing your parents' tread downstairs--all one. Einstein was right. That would be too intense. You need a chance to preen, to give a dull Recital before an indifferent audience Equally slow in jeering you and clapping. Time takes its time unraveling. But still, You'll wonder, when your life ends: Huh? What happened?

X.J. Kennedy, “The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once”

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"...TO GOBBLE THEM UP AS YOU OR I MIGHT MUNCH POTATO CHIPS."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the legendary sea monster of enormous size, the Kraken, said to reportedly appear in the sea between Norway and Iceland, artwork by the late, great Eric Carle (1929-2021), from the children's book "Dragons Dragons and Other Creatures that Never Were" (1988).

"'Neath icelocked waves the Kracken lies In wait for passing ships, To gobble them up as you or I Might munch potato chips."

-- X.J. KENNEDY

Sources: www.fairyroom.ru/?p=56315&fbclid & Wikipedia.

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My name:Omar Gomez Professor Name:Peggy Yarber Course: 41752 Section Number: ENG

My name:Omar Gomez Professor Name:Peggy Yarber Course: 41752 Section Number: ENG

My name:Omar Gomez Professor Name:Peggy Yarber Course: 41752 Section Number: ENGL-B1B-60 Book Name: Literature 8th Edition (An introduction to fiction,poetry,drama and writing)- X.J. Kennedy & Dana Gioa Page Numbers of the short stories: Where are you going where have you been? By Joyce Carol Oates Page 83, Harrison Bergeron By Kurt Vonnegut Jr Page 192, And The Lottery By Shirley Jackson Page…

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Term paper of 500 words or more on the short novel "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafk

Term paper of 500 words or more on the short novel “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafk

Term paper of 500 words or more on the short novel “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka. (p.341 in text) (Literature, An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing by, X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia, Dan Stone. Fourteenth Edition) This paper should address: 1) the symbolic significance of Gregor’s metamorphosis, 2) changes in other characters, 3) the theme(s) of the story ( the author’s observations…

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Term paper of 500 words or more on the short novel "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafk

Term paper of 500 words or more on the short novel “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafk

Term paper of 500 words or more on the short novel “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka. (p.341 in text) (Literature, An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing by, X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia, Dan Stone. Fourteenth Edition) This paper should address: 1) the symbolic significance of Gregor’s metamorphosis, 2) changes in other characters, 3) the theme(s) of the story ( the author’s observations…

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Author : X.J. Kennedy

Pages : 1552 pages

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Read Online and Download Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing .For introductory courses in Literature. This compact versionof Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writi ng has been updated to reflect the 8th Edition of the MLA Handbook(April 2016)* Cultivate a Love of Literature A streamlined version of Kennedy/Gioia s acclaimed literary anthology, Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Compact, 8th Edition is a book to lead readers beyond the boundaries of self to see the world through the eyes of others. Built on the assumption that great literature can enrich and enlarge the lives it touches, this text was developed with two primary goals: to introduce individuals to the appreciation and experience of literature in its major forms and to develop individuals' abilities to think critically and communicate effectively about and through writing. * The 8th Editionintroduces sweeping changes to thephilosophy and details of MLA works cited entries. Responding to the increasing mobility of .

X.J. Kennedy book Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing.

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Maurya Simon’s newest poetry volume, “The Wilderness,” was awarded the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal in Poetry. (Courtesy of Jamie Clifford)

By Maurya Simons

Our hopes are reborn in spring, and as winter’s cold winds morph into April’s warming breezes, we may experience a quickening of our pulses, a lightening of our steps. But have no doubt: We’re aware of the preceding dark months through which we’ve suffered, of the myriad sorrows our nation’s endured during our still ongoing pandemic, with its attendant economic and social upheavals and our personal losses.

But humans are deeply resilient beings, and Californians are particularly adept at dealing with sudden perils and localized crises, whether freeway accidents, wildfires or power outages. Yet, despite weathering hard times, we still turn toward the horizon with hope.

Throughout history, poets have shown us how to do what we must: face adversity, recover, persevere and move forward. Take, for example, this eloquent haiku by the great 18th century Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa:

“Climb Mount Fuji

O snail

but slowly, slowly.”

Progress and healing take time and require strength, endurance and patience. Moving along our separate paths, we may retreat, but then square our shoulders and meet adversity again, head-on. Surprisingly, dangerous times and fearful circumstances may lead to sudden insights, as in this ancient Inuit song narrated by a fisherman adrift on frozen waters:

“And I thought over again

My small adventures

As with a shore-wind I drifted out

In my kayak

And thought I was in danger,

My fears,

Those small ones

That I thought so big

For all the vital things

I had to get and to reach.

And, yet, there is only

One great thing,

The only thing:

To live to see in huts and on journeys

The great day that dawns,

And the light that fills the world.”

Roman poet Horace also realized the importance of savoring each day’s golden moments: carpe diem, seize the day, he said.

In another poem, African American poet Lucille Clifton, who raised six children and knew hardship intimately, claims that self-possession and resolve helped her to endure life’s misfortunes:

“won’t you celebrate

with me,

what i have shaped into

a kind of life? i had no

model.

born in Babylon

both nonwhite and

woman

what did i see to be

except myself?

i made it up

here on this bridge

between

starshine and clay,

my one hand holding

tight

my other hand; come

celebrate

with me that everyday

something has tried to

kill me

and has failed.”

After every cataclysmic event in our country’s history, and amid ongoing social struggles, American poets have responded with honesty and conviction, sometimes consoling us, or calling us to action, or at other times urging us to heal. After 9/11, our poets expressed an outpouring of anger and grief, and a moving poem marking that tragic occasion is “September 12, 2001,” a brief testimonial by X.J. Kennedy:

“Two caught on film who hurtle

from the eighty-second floor,

choosing between a fireball

and to jump holding hands,

aren’t us. I wake beside you,

stretch, scratch, taste the air,

the incredible joy of coffee

and the morning light.

Alive, we open eyelids

on our pitiful share of time,

we bubbles rising and bursting

in a boiling pot.”

Our safety and quotidian joy may be fleeting, Kennedy suggests, but they buoy us temporarily, despite the dangerous world we inhabit.

President Biden has called our current efforts battling the coronavirus a “war,” bringing to mind “The War in the Air,” an elegy by World War II Army Air Force pilot Howard Nemerov commemorating the death of unseen thousands:

“For a saving grace, we didn’t see our dead,

Who rarely bothered coming home to die

But simply stayed away out there

In the clean war, the war in the air.

Seldom the ghosts came back bearing their tales

Of hitting the earth, the incompressible sea,

But stayed up there in the relative wind,

Shades fading in the mind,

Who had no graves but only epitaphs

Where never so many spoke for never so few:

Per ardua, said the partisans of Mars,

Per aspera, to the stars.

That was the good war, the war we won

As if there were no death, for goodness’ sake,

With the help of the losers we left out there

In the air, in the empty air.”

How do we honor those half-million “ghosts” — our fellow Americans — who couldn’t come home to die during the pandemic? Nemerov’s poem recalls the terrible toll all wars take, both for those who’ve perished and those left behind.

The plight of immigrants surging across our border to seek better lives brings to mind “Iraqi Nights,” a poignant poem by Iraqi-American poet Dunya Mikhail:

“We cross borders lightly

like clouds.

Nothing carries us

but as we move on

we carry rain,

and an accent,

and a memory

of another place.”

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Although haunted by those we’ve lost, the places we’ve left behind and past traumas, our spirits will rise again. “Hope is the thing with feathers,” Emily Dickinson reminds us, a powerful mantra for spring.

Maurya Simon’s newest poetry volume, “The Wilderness,” was awarded the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal in Poetry.

-on April 07, 2021 at 12:43PM by Contributing Writer

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Critical Approaches to Literature

Critical Approaches to Literature

Described below are nine common critical approaches to the literature. Quotations are from X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia’s Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, 13th Edition (New York: HarperCollins, 2015), pages 1790-1818. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing Formalist Criticism: This approach regards literature as “a unique form of human…