This poem is from my latest poetry collection, "Wild Kingdom," in which I explore the (frequently) ferocious world of academia. Lines from Hannah Arendt’s "The Origins of Totalitarianism" are threaded into the poem’s narrative, as a way of conveying that the campus—like any other institution—may be corrupted, turned away from the good. Colleges and universities too may become places of cruelty, abuses of power, and authoritarianism.
Jehanne Dubrow on "Portrait of an Administrator with Strategic Plan and Office Supplies |
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For the Love of Poetry and Baseball
E. Ethelbert Miller talks about his new book, When Your Wife Has Tommy John Surgery, and Other Baseball Stories. "I wanted to have the book go from childhood through the aging process: When I go to a ballpark, I see older people, older couples who will still keep a scorecard. The love of the game brings some of these older couples out.”
via PUBLISHERS WEEKLY |
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