Category Archives: Reading Response

The Struggle of Paper 3

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Eli Attias

After a bunch of ideas and concepts rushed through my head over the past few days I feel that I can safely say that I have this project figured out. As far as the Baraka poem and the paper portion … Continue reading →

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reflective reading blog

Posted on May 5, 2013 by cc143765

  As I was reading, I wasn’t so sure what I am reading about. Afterwards though, I realized it’s a personal story and an experience, so I just read it as it is, there wasn’t any figurative stuff there. Well, … Continue reading →

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Final essay

Posted on May 4, 2013 by ms139933

When I first started this paper I was totally confused what I should write about. Even though I liked the poem ” Preface to a twenty volume of suicide note”, but I was having a hard time writing about this … Continue reading →

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Digital Essay Idea

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Rachel

I’ve chosen to write my paper on Amiri Baraka’s Preface to a “Twenty Volume Suicide Note” because when I first read it, it captivated me in a way that I can barely describe in words. (But I’m going to have … Continue reading →

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Black Art- changing history with poetry

Posted on April 15, 2013 by kn146613

From my point of view, when we write we either write from the inside, from the outside or a combination of these two. Poets like Amiri Baraka have the guts to start a revolution without guns and violence but with … 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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Black Art

Posted on April 14, 2013 by McKenzie Davidson

Amiri Baraka’s “Black Art” is really a kind of vulgar poem. It is a very busy poem and Baraka seems to jump around a lot. I feel like I am listening to some vent about all of their frustrations in … Continue reading →

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O’Hara and the Manifesto

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Maggie

Reading “Personism: A Manifesto” by Frank O’Hara was a different experience because I thought I was about to read a dreary poetic story about a philosophy that the poet is following and one I couldn’t understand. What I actually experienced … Continue reading →

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