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Overview
Emmy-award winning journalist Jeffrey Brown explores the intersections between politics and poetry in his debut book The News. From a high-security prison in Arizona to a West Point classroom to a slum in Haiti, Brown's poems share the perspectives of inmates, cadets, and survivors. Brown's voice is introspective and compassionate as he addresses both the "news from home" and natural disasters that cause large-scale suffering. In Brown's own words, poetry is an "accounting of what it means to be alive in this world," and his work unites the "often disconnected worlds of news and poetry."
Headlines 1
"Bomb Explodes in a Crowded Market"
Winds blow, my friends are scattered
"Dow Falls on Jobs Numbers"
I add and add and it doesn't add up
"President to Address the Nation"
I seek a way out, a way in – away
"White Smoke: Habemus Papam"
I turned for a moment – where did she go?
"U.S. Demands End to Cyber Attacks"
I've forgotten every book I've read
"Detroit: Crisis Born of Bad Decisions"
This is the life I choose now
Jeffrey Brown is the chief correspondent for arts, culture, and society at PBS NewsHour. His work has taken him all over the world as he searches for the connections between news and poetry. He is the creator and host of "Art Beat," which is NewsHour's online arts and culture blog. As a producer and correspondent, his work has earned him an Emmy the Cine Golden Eagle. He lives in Washington, DC.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781619321304 |
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Publisher: | Copper Canyon Press |
Publication date: | 05/18/2015 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | NOOK Book |
Pages: | 80 |
File size: | 492 KB |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Foreword Robert Pinsky xi
Dedication 3
Part 1 Nightly News
Nightly News 7
Song: Lead Story 8
Haiti 10
Beirut 11
Joplin 13
Headlines 1 15
News Flow 16
West Point 17
Rain Shadow Review 19
Campaign 2012 21
European Union 24
Intervention 25
Song of the News 26
Part 2 Questions
The Art of the Interview 29
Philip Roth 31
Taha Muhammad Ali 32
Mark Morris 34
Headlines 2 36
Richard Avedon 37
Gore Vidal 38
Suzanne Farrell: September 10, 2001 39
Brice Marden 41
Neanderthal 42
Museum of Modern Art 44
Night 45
Interview 46
Part 3 The News from Home
Letters to the Editor 51
Voice 53
The Influence of Anxiety 55
Sam Brown 57
Side Effects 59
Television: An Argument 60
Headlines 3 62
Memory 63
Succession 65
The News inside His Head 67
Channel One: Guide 69
Cortona 71
Forecast 72
Part 4 The News at Midnight
Theater of War 75
Honor Roll 77
History 82
Obituary 83
Poetry and Prose 85
Haiti: Kacite 86
Afterword 87
Acknowledgments 94
About the Author 95