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- New York Poems is dedicated to "The City of New York: embattled, gallant, enduring" by celebrated poet D. H. Melhem, who calls the Upper West Side her "muse.
- About the Author: D. H. Melhem, poet, novelist, scholar, has won an American Book Award, the RAWI Lifetime Achievement Award, a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, and other honors.
- 184 Pages
- Poetry, American
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New York Poems is dedicated to "The City of New York: embattled, gallant, enduring" by celebrated poet D. H. Melhem, who calls the Upper West Side her "muse." D. H. Melhem's sharp eye looks at neighborhood struggles with blight and urban renewal (chastised as "Negro Removal"). She examines her city from the World Trade Center disaster to the present to the city's future. New York Poems combines her seminal book of poetry, Notes on 94th Street, with her second volume about the neighborhood, Children of the House Afire, whose emblematic title poem describes a tragic fire she witnessed from her second-floor window. "Requiescant 9/11" ("let them rest"), a tribute sequence lamenting the martyrs of the World Trade Center closes Melhem's last collection, Conversation with a Stonemason. The author's preface and poem, "Prospect," survey the urban terrain. Melhem concludes with a lyrical panorama of her city's dynamic changes.About the Author
D. H. Melhem, poet, novelist, scholar, has won an American Book Award, the RAWI Lifetime Achievement Award, a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, and other honors.Dimensions (Overall): 8.66 Inches (H) x 5.68 Inches (W) x .55 Inches (D)
Weight: .59 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 184
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: D Melhem
Language: English
Street Date: June 20, 2005
TCIN: 91573313
UPC: 9780815608134
Item Number (DPCI): 247-34-6217
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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