Category Archives: Reading Response

All in the details

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Nansi Matua

After reading each poet’s work, I realized that they all go into a lot of detail about their surrounding which helps the reader envision the writers state of mind. Frank O’hara describes the laborers in Times Square who “feed their … Continue reading →

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Naked Cowboy: no big deal

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Shaina Kamkar

After reading Allen Ginsberg’s Mugging, it was quite hard for me to decipher what exactly was going on. It first started off with this fast paced routine, where Ginsberg listed everything he saw on his way, everything from the “Coca Cola & … Continue reading →

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Poetry Is Not A Luxury

Posted on April 9, 2013 by aq143586

I really liked this piece of writing. It talks about empowerment to women and how they must be strong. It says that through poetry we can free ourselves. It is the “bridge” that connects our dark side and light. After … Continue reading →

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Autobiography

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Anthony Pescetto

Joe Brainard’s “Autobiography” stuck out at me for peculiar reasons. Going through the packet of NYC Poems Packet I, coming across this particular poem was interesting. It wasn’t complicated, or had any difficult language, or any complex language at all. … Continue reading →

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The Beauty in Everything

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Vanessa

James Schuyler’s “February” was a particularly interesting read. I absolutely loved the poem. The way he describes everyday things is so beautiful and it makes one look at things in a more vivid color. Sometimes when I’m outside, I stop … Continue reading →

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James Baldwin

Posted on April 7, 2013 by ac140642

After class when we watched the James Baldwin speech, I went home that day and found the Malcolm X interview we saw a snippet of in class. I proceeded to watch all 30 minutes of that 3 times. I found … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Speech

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Anthony Pescetto

James Baldwin is an incredible and articulate speaker that came from the most unfortunate of situations in Harlem. His writing, “The Fire Next Time,” is an absolutely amazing piece describing the difficulties he faced in Harlem during a specific summer when he … Continue reading →

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Baldwin and Other Thoughts

Posted on April 7, 2013 by EKaufman

For those of you who are interested, here’s a link to the full text of the speech we watched Baldwin give in class. I left Baruch last week really thinking a lot about Baldwin–why I teach his writing and what … Continue reading →

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Putting a Face to a Name

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Shaina Kamkar

After watching the videos (interviews and speech) of James Baldwin, I really got a chance to admire him and his piece, The Fire Next Time. I don’t know what it is, but there’s something about listening to the voice of a writer … Continue reading →

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Blog4/7/2013

Posted on April 7, 2013 by cc143765

I can’t dare to do free blog, so I am going to do reading response for the readings due last Wednesday. The clear theme of the readings due Wednesday was racial discrimination of African Americans back in 20th century. The … Continue reading →

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