Monthly Archives: April 2013

The Many Faces Of Amiri Baraka

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Alvino

Wow! Amiri Baraka is quite an interesting character. It’s crazy to me how sometimes you are able to understand  writers’ works so much better by analyzing their lives and different times in their lives. And who better to analyze than … Continue reading →

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Black Art?

Posted on April 15, 2013 by cb151503

I enjoyed reading, “Black Art”, by Amiri Baraka. The tone of the poem had a lot of emotion possessing anger yet nearing the end, uplifting  and hopeful. Judging by the aggressiveness towards the behavior placed upon African Americans in this … Continue reading →

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New York’s magic

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Yp143906

The readings from the past few weeks made me realize that there is no right or wrong answer regarding New York and a person’s experience in it. We read many different poems from different writers, and the only thing in … Continue reading →

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Personism – Shades of Grey

Posted on April 14, 2013 by am138791

When I saw the videos on the writing and thought process of Frank O Hara in class, I found him to be an incredibly remarkable individual, short of being eccentric though, but nevertheless interesting. In my mind, I have always … Continue reading →

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‘Personism’ by Frank O’Hara

Posted on April 14, 2013 by tl143728

After reading Frank O’Hara’s essay , “Personism: A Manifesto”, I realized that a lot of writings by “great” writers are difficult to understand. For example, I remember reading a long essay by a writer named Gertrude Stein a while ago. … Continue reading →

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Personism in the Modern Day

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Mike McAlpin

After reading Frank O’Hara’s “Personism: A Manifesto”, I found myself very intrigued by what he had to say. One of the things he wrote in this essay that particularly stuck with me was “nobody should experience anything they don’t need … Continue reading →

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Personism is GREAT

Posted on April 14, 2013 by ac140642

I loved “Personism: A Manifesto” by Frank O’Hara. After the videos we watched in class, I really admired and took a liking to him after seeing how laid back he was as a person and a writer. After having this … Continue reading →

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“Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note”

Posted on April 14, 2013 by aq143586

When I first read this by myself, it thought that the writer was very depressed. Considering that the title said  suicide note in it, I thought that the writer was actually contemplating suicide. The “holes” that he talks about may … Continue reading →

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What’s the Point? Reflections on O’Hara

Posted on April 14, 2013 by em151025

I LOVED what Frank O’Hara had to say about poetry in the piece on Personism. Stop worrying so much about technique and content. So many people dislike poetry because of technique and content and because of poets who act like … Continue reading →

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Free Write

Posted on April 14, 2013 by em141829

I was not in class last Wednesday because on Tuesday evening I got a throat infection and woke up Wednesday feeling absolutely awful. Monday was supposed to be the first day of my diet and exercise routine, which I did … Continue reading →

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