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Overview
Jane Yolen's new collection of 55 poems about politics and power, her compassionate “songs of protest", confront our most tragic contemporary and historical human experiences: the Holocaust, the Boston Marathon bombings, Newtown, and Aurora massacres, global warming, endless Middle East violence—each poem is a plea for justice and a statement of moral imperative. These powerful poems, born from wisdom and composed with assured artistry, stand as bold and memorable witnesses to our troubling and troubled times.
From "Listening to the News Reminds Me of Yeats":
. . . Yeats set it all down first:
that bloody tide of change and not-change,
that bloody intensity of right and not-right,
the beast stalking the presidency down the twisty, blackened capitol streets.
We were warned, we did not listen,
and the teeth are at the back of our necks.
Soon they will be at the front.
In "Fahrenheit," Yolen protests the burning of her book because a character is gay:
Before the arson could be stopped,
a year of my writing went up in flames.
Far away on the East Coast of America
I felt the heat of it burning my cheeks.
Somewhere in Germany, an old man dances.
Jane Yolen, often called "the Hans Christian Andersen of America," is the author of over 340 books, including Owl Moon and The Devil's Arithmetic. Her writing has won many awards—two Nebulas, a World Fantasy Award, a Caldecott, the Golden Kite Award, three Mythopoetic awards, two Christopher Medals, and the Jewish Book Award, among others. She is also the winner (for body of work) of the Kerlan Award, the World Fantasy Association Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Catholic Library's Regina Award.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780985981839 |
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| Publisher: | Holy Cow! Press |
| Publication date: | 05/27/2014 |
| Pages: | 80 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.30(d) |
About the Author
Jane Yolen: Jane Yolen, often called "the Hans Christian Andersen of America," is the author of over 325 books, including OWL MOON, THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC, and HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOODNIGHT. The books range from rhymed picture books and baby board books, through middle grade fiction, poetry collections, nonfiction, and up to novels and story collections for young adults and adults, and two books of adult poetry.
Her books and stories have won an assortment of awards--two Nebulas, a World Fantasy Award, a Caldecott, the Golden Kite Award, three Mythopoeic awards, two Christopher Medals, a nomination for the National Book Award, and the Jewish Book Award, among others. She is also the winner (for body of work) of the Kerlan Award, the World Fantasy Assn. Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Catholic Library’s Regina Medal. Six colleges and universities have given her honorary doctorates. If you need to know more about her, visit her website at: www.janeyolen.com
Table of Contents
I Listening to the News 1
Reminds Me of Yeats 3
Cell Phones in the Pockets of Dead Children 4
In A Row: Viewing the Newtown Photograph 5
Slow Train Coming 6
Breathing Water 7
Boston Massacre: Seven Views 8
Politicians, Like Leaves 10
Iran: June 2009 11
The Recycled Orchestra 12
Fearing the Gulabi Gang 13
American Independence Day: Scotland 14
World Without End 15
Weather Deniers 16
Rush to Judgment 17
The Uterus as Seen By A Certain Politician 18
After the Vote 19
Return 20
Bombing Damascus 21
Fahrenheit 22
Jerusalem, Another Voice 23
II Bearing Witness 25
Arc 27
The Gun Argument 28
News 39
Impedimenta 36
Boasting the Kiss 32
Considering the Rapture 33
The Importance of a Single Word 34
The Rivers Of Babylon: In Memoriam 35
Home Ground Advantage 36
An Old Lady's Rap Song 37
To the Cruel Ones 38
Warning About Kings, Presidents, Dictators 39
All Those Codes: A Sonnet 40
Black Dog Times 41
III Poems Never Turn Away 43
The Language Women Speak 45
Sonnet Against War 46
Only the Women Can Hear 47
Grace in Jail 48
Going To Jail For 50
Fat Is Not A Fairy Tale 51
Yellow Star: A Song Without Music 52
"Ich Bin A Yood" 54
St Patrick and the Snakes 55
WWJD 56
Nursery Rhymes for Modern Times 57
Under the Lash 59
Militia: A long Line Rant 60
A Visit to the Inquisitor 62
Embracing Change 63
Fife Map 64
Flattening Mountains 65
Message from Nova Friburgo 66
Painting Angels 67
Carrying On Carrying On 68
Poems Never Turn Away 69
About the Author 71