Author Archives: Charles Carmody

For my final paper, I will be exploring the lineage and relationship between Walt Whitman and Bruce Springsteen.  By looking at these two fully “American” figures, I will be viewing their writings as it pertains to the American working class.  … Continue reading →

I find the final pages of Juliana Spahr’s this connection as some of the most interesting verses in her long poem.  Throughout the poem, she is writing about and combining the micro and the macro, the “beloved and the afar” … Continue reading →

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Frank O’Hara’s poem, “A Step Away from Them,” is described by Brad Gooch as “a record for history of the sensations of a sensitive and sophisticated man in the middle of the twentieth century walking through what was considered by … Continue reading →

Allen Ginsberg’s poem “America” seems to be a f$$$ you to the red, white, and blue.  The sarcasm and irony behind Ginsberg’s words seep out of his lines and blur the image of the country that birthed this poet.  He … Continue reading →

As we begin to look at the national and international poets and writers inspired by Walt Whitman, it has become even more clear to me the vast influence cast by Walt Whitman upon 19th and 20th century literature.  Since I … Continue reading →

This morning I feel as if I had a Whitmanian moment.  I woke up feeling like dirty socks after a night of too much soda drinking, and I had an experience that not only helped me transcend my feelings of … Continue reading →

In class on Tuesday, we discussed the multitudes of Walt Whitman.  He was described as the naturalist, the politician, the prophet, the solitary singer, but I never would have thought to call him  Whitman the astronomer.  However, I found an … Continue reading →