Poems & Poets From The Black Mountain School
The Fundamentals The Black Mountain poets were so named for their association with the experimental [...]
New Works by Classic American Authors Lead to Excitement and Disappointment
Nearly a year before Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman was released in July 2015, [...]
May
Somewhere, Over Lake Michigan!
Mention L. Frank Baum’s THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ and instantly you think of Dorothy [...]
May
A History of Recognition: Part II
Two weeks ago, we took a look at the American canon over the last century: [...]
Don’t Break the Chain
My oldest brother gave me a small golden retriever puppy calendar for Christmas. So thoughtful. [...]
A History of Recognition: Part I
The American Writers Museum is the newest institution recognizing talent and trends in American literature. [...]
Forgotten American Classics (The Orchard)
Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson – we are all familiar with the names in [...]
The Poetry of I: Crash Course on Confessional Poetry
What’s Happening In The Late 1950s-60s? Amid such cultural revelations as the Hula Hoop, LEGOs, [...]
The Hollywood Censorship of Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams is one of many American writers featured in our recently opened virtual exhibit, [...]
Why We Should All Read Sui Sin Far
A century before Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, and Gish Jen, Sui Sin Far wrote [...]