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Like Thunder: Poets Respond to Violence in America
edited by Virgil & Ryan G. Suarez & Van Cleave
University of Iowa Press, 2002 Paper: 978-0-87745-792-3 Library of Congress Classification PS595.V55L55 2002 Dewey Decimal Classification 811.54080355
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
More than 140 poems by 120 of America's best poets that focus on the effects of violence in contemporary America.
From Waco to Columbine, from Oklahoma City to New York City, from domestic abuse and drive-by shootings to religious fanaticism and acts of terrorism, the poems in Like Thunder are for those who have perished and those who have survived. More than 140 poems by 120 poets focus, in the editors' words, on “the violence in the news, the violence in our schools, the violence in our homes, as well as the violence in our own minds.”
The poets gathered here articulate terror and suffering but also present images of hope and redemption; they write of individual menaces and individual victims and the melding of the two that potentially exists in everyone. By transforming horrifying details into larger truths, they create a poetry of witness, of survival, and of remembrance.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Virgil Suárez is a professor of creative writing at Florida State University and the author of over twenty books of prose and poetry, most recently Infinite Refuge, Palm Crows, Banyan, and Guide to the Blue Tongue.
The editor of Contemporary American Poetry: Behind the Scenes, Ryan Van Cleave teaches creative writing and literature at Clemson University. He is the author of, most recently, the poetry collection Ha Ha Tonka.
REVIEWS
“The events of September 11 have made this anthology of poetry, which addresses violence in a nation now reeling from it, particulatly resonant. The book combines the work of 120 American poets to create a dark paean to those who have suffered from and/or survived the worst of what American culture offers.”—Naton Leslie, MultiCultural Review
“In this anthology, the editors have collected a stunning array of interpretations of violence that is as diverse as the list of its contributors . . . it graces the shelves like a sobering reminder of the other ways violence manifests itself into the everyday lives of Americans, even while the country continues to heal from the wounds inflicted by the terrorist attacks.”—El Paso Times
“This is a remarkable collection of work—often disturbing, sometimes shocking, always engaging.”— Gustavo Pérez Firmat, author of Next Year in Cuba
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editors' Note Virgil Sudrez and Ryan G. Van Cleave xi
Acknowledgments xv
Theodicy Kim Addonizio i
From Then to Now Kim Addonizio 2
Ammo LizAhl 3
A Warrior's Tale SandraAlcosser 4
Texas Chainsaw Massacre ShermanAlexie 5
Prosecutor William Baer 7
Patriotics David Baker 8
More Rain David Baker 9
Hate Crime Barry Ballard 12
For Roland, Presumed Taken Jim Barnes 13
The Men Who Killed My Brother Edward Bartdk-Baratta I5
Bearing Witness Ellen Bass 6
The Adolescent Suicide Jill Bialosky i8
Violence Wendy Bishop 20
Evidence of Death's Voodoo - Inside and Outside the
"Gun as Art Exhibit" Wendy Bishop 22
Aim Bruce Bond 23
Improper Disposal John Bradley 24
The Dark Side of Dazzle Sean Brendan-Brown 25
Essays on Excess and Escape Gaylord Brewer 26
Littleton Michael Bugeja 27
Shooter Rules Michael Bugeja 28
Top Stories Brigitte Byrd 29
Lithium Marcus Cafagna 31
In a Motel in Louisiana I Watch the Pirates and the OJ Simpson
Freeway Chase at the Same Time Rick Campbell 32
Voyeur Sandra Castillo 33
In the Season of Suicides LisaD. Chavez 34
The News Maxine Chernoff 36
Going Postal Paul Christensen 37
Newborn Found Alive in Shallow Grave David Citino 38
In the Bedroom of Fear David Citino 39
Kaczynski Jeffrey Clapp 40
2212 West Flower Street Michael Collier 42
Rights Martha Collins 44
Arson Nicole Cooley 45
Incantation Peter Cooley 47
Cityscape Mary Crow 48
Here and Now RobertDana 49
Hard-Boiled Egg Jim Daniels 51
9II Jim Daniels 53
JoJo's Christopher Davis 54
How Can I Turn Off This Engine Now? Christopher Davis 54
Arboretum Alison Hawthorne Deng 56
Poem for My Father Toi Derricotte 57
Fears of the Eighth Grade Toi Derricotte 59
Pantoum of the Working Classes Sean Thomas Dougherty 60
Crater Face Denise Duhamel 6I
Four Hours Denise Duhamel 63
Gradually Stuart Dybek 64
Stain Stuart Dybek 65
When the Leather Is a Whip Martin Espada 66
The Community College Revises Its Curriculum in Response to
Changing Demographics Martin Espada 66
The Mack Charles Parker Lynching Sybil Pittman Estess 67
Back in My Day, Steve Fay 69
For My Daughter Reginald Gibbons 71
Battery Diane Glancy 73
My Brother's Anger Patricia Goedicke 75
Columbine High School/Littleton, CO Albert Goldbarth 77
Prayer to the Boys of San Antonio Ray Gonzalez 78
Jose's Japanese Sword Ray Gonzalez 79
Rapist: A Romance Rigoberto Gonzlez 80
Advice to a Coming Child Benjamin Scott Grossberg 82
Homing In LilaceMellin Guignard 84
Times LolaHaskins 86
Jacked LolaHaskins 87
Ten Still Lives Juan Felipe Herrera 88
The Bond Bob Hicok 89
Monique Cynthia Hogue 91
The Green Tuxedo JanetHolmes 92
Night of the Hunter Paul Hoover 95
Panic Austin Hummell 97
Unholy Sonnet MarkJarman 98
Unholy Sonnet MarkJarman 98
Pink Triangles Larry Wayne Johns 99
Tattoo PeterJohnson Ioo
Accomplice PeterJohnson Ioo
On Viewing Two Different Date Rape Movies Allison Joseph IoI
Lighter Fluid RodgerKamenetz I03
Black Revolver JarretKeene I04
Half-Dead David Kirby I05
News William Kloefkorn Io
The Wreckage along the River JeffKnorr 113
Warscape, with Lovers Marilyn Krysl 114
My Gun Has So Many Places to Hide David Lazar 15
Ether Laurence Lieberman II6
Against Nature Timothy Liu 117
Revenge, Like Habanero Peppers Rachel Loden II8
Reconstructed Face Rachel Loden 119
Shall We Gather at the River? Monifa Love 120
Hate Crimes Joanne Lowery 121
Chivalry John Lundberg 22
I Still Can't Say the Word WaltMcDonald 123
Smokestacks, Chicago CampbellMcGrath I24
Vincent PeterMeinke 126
Rage PeterMeinke 126
[The man who melts ... ] DonaldMorrill 127
Salem, Indiana, I983 Richard Newman 28
Tallahassee Aimee Nezhukumatathil I30
Regardless of the Final Score Debra Nystrom 3I
The Intrusion BiljanaD. Obradovi 132
Mary Mihalik Ed Ochester 133
Blood William Olsen I34
Happy As IAm Steve Orlen 136
Hostage Dixie Partridge I39
The Persistence of Memory, the Failure of Poetry Robert Philips I40
After the Fact: To Ted Bundy RobertPhillips 40
Blossom Stanley Plumly 144
The Man in Miami Kevin Prufer I46
The Pyromaniac WyattPrunty 148
Teddy Leroy V.Quintana 149
187 Leroy V.Quintana 49
Zoo Bin Ramke I50
Devil Beating His Wife Ron Rash 157
First Grade Liam Rector I58
Of Violence G. TravisRegier I59
Coach in Effigy Jack Ridl i60
Rainfall Piano LuisJ Rodriguez I6i
Redneck with Hair on His Back Paul Ruffin 62
Angel BenjaminAlire Saenz 163
Porcelain Childhood Katherine Sdnchez 165
The Talking Cure Sherod Santos 166
Film Noir Aram Saroyan 169
Some Poems Aren't for You Heather Sellers 171
Wolf Soup Vijay Seshadri 172
A Birthday Party on Old Orchard Road Vivian Shipley 74
Sleeping Soundly Where Lizzy Borden Did Vivian Shipley 75
Prime Time Barry Silesky 178
This Is How It Comes R. T. Smith 179
Suburban Crimes III David Starkey 80
Granite Jaw Mark Taksa I8I
My Grandmother's Birthday Susan Thomas 182
Modern Love Ann Townsend 183
Stark Weather William Trowbridge I84
A Boy Exploded on the Corner Today Seth Tucker 85
Knife Gloria Vando 186
On Reporting the Murder of a Young Prostitute Judith Vollmer 187
Demonstration: Women's House of Detention, 1965
Michael Waters 189
Killing the Animals Charles Harper Webb I90
Meat Michelangelo Charles Harper Webb I90
Mad Man Steve Wilson 192
Lucky Smile Michele Wolf I93
Survivalist Carolyne Wright 94
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Like Thunder: Poets Respond to Violence in America
edited by Virgil & Ryan G. Suarez & Van Cleave
University of Iowa Press, 2002 Paper: 978-0-87745-792-3
More than 140 poems by 120 of America's best poets that focus on the effects of violence in contemporary America.
From Waco to Columbine, from Oklahoma City to New York City, from domestic abuse and drive-by shootings to religious fanaticism and acts of terrorism, the poems in Like Thunder are for those who have perished and those who have survived. More than 140 poems by 120 poets focus, in the editors' words, on “the violence in the news, the violence in our schools, the violence in our homes, as well as the violence in our own minds.”
The poets gathered here articulate terror and suffering but also present images of hope and redemption; they write of individual menaces and individual victims and the melding of the two that potentially exists in everyone. By transforming horrifying details into larger truths, they create a poetry of witness, of survival, and of remembrance.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Virgil Suárez is a professor of creative writing at Florida State University and the author of over twenty books of prose and poetry, most recently Infinite Refuge, Palm Crows, Banyan, and Guide to the Blue Tongue.
The editor of Contemporary American Poetry: Behind the Scenes, Ryan Van Cleave teaches creative writing and literature at Clemson University. He is the author of, most recently, the poetry collection Ha Ha Tonka.
REVIEWS
“The events of September 11 have made this anthology of poetry, which addresses violence in a nation now reeling from it, particulatly resonant. The book combines the work of 120 American poets to create a dark paean to those who have suffered from and/or survived the worst of what American culture offers.”—Naton Leslie, MultiCultural Review
“In this anthology, the editors have collected a stunning array of interpretations of violence that is as diverse as the list of its contributors . . . it graces the shelves like a sobering reminder of the other ways violence manifests itself into the everyday lives of Americans, even while the country continues to heal from the wounds inflicted by the terrorist attacks.”—El Paso Times
“This is a remarkable collection of work—often disturbing, sometimes shocking, always engaging.”— Gustavo Pérez Firmat, author of Next Year in Cuba
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editors' Note Virgil Sudrez and Ryan G. Van Cleave xi
Acknowledgments xv
Theodicy Kim Addonizio i
From Then to Now Kim Addonizio 2
Ammo LizAhl 3
A Warrior's Tale SandraAlcosser 4
Texas Chainsaw Massacre ShermanAlexie 5
Prosecutor William Baer 7
Patriotics David Baker 8
More Rain David Baker 9
Hate Crime Barry Ballard 12
For Roland, Presumed Taken Jim Barnes 13
The Men Who Killed My Brother Edward Bartdk-Baratta I5
Bearing Witness Ellen Bass 6
The Adolescent Suicide Jill Bialosky i8
Violence Wendy Bishop 20
Evidence of Death's Voodoo - Inside and Outside the
"Gun as Art Exhibit" Wendy Bishop 22
Aim Bruce Bond 23
Improper Disposal John Bradley 24
The Dark Side of Dazzle Sean Brendan-Brown 25
Essays on Excess and Escape Gaylord Brewer 26
Littleton Michael Bugeja 27
Shooter Rules Michael Bugeja 28
Top Stories Brigitte Byrd 29
Lithium Marcus Cafagna 31
In a Motel in Louisiana I Watch the Pirates and the OJ Simpson
Freeway Chase at the Same Time Rick Campbell 32
Voyeur Sandra Castillo 33
In the Season of Suicides LisaD. Chavez 34
The News Maxine Chernoff 36
Going Postal Paul Christensen 37
Newborn Found Alive in Shallow Grave David Citino 38
In the Bedroom of Fear David Citino 39
Kaczynski Jeffrey Clapp 40
2212 West Flower Street Michael Collier 42
Rights Martha Collins 44
Arson Nicole Cooley 45
Incantation Peter Cooley 47
Cityscape Mary Crow 48
Here and Now RobertDana 49
Hard-Boiled Egg Jim Daniels 51
9II Jim Daniels 53
JoJo's Christopher Davis 54
How Can I Turn Off This Engine Now? Christopher Davis 54
Arboretum Alison Hawthorne Deng 56
Poem for My Father Toi Derricotte 57
Fears of the Eighth Grade Toi Derricotte 59
Pantoum of the Working Classes Sean Thomas Dougherty 60
Crater Face Denise Duhamel 6I
Four Hours Denise Duhamel 63
Gradually Stuart Dybek 64
Stain Stuart Dybek 65
When the Leather Is a Whip Martin Espada 66
The Community College Revises Its Curriculum in Response to
Changing Demographics Martin Espada 66
The Mack Charles Parker Lynching Sybil Pittman Estess 67
Back in My Day, Steve Fay 69
For My Daughter Reginald Gibbons 71
Battery Diane Glancy 73
My Brother's Anger Patricia Goedicke 75
Columbine High School/Littleton, CO Albert Goldbarth 77
Prayer to the Boys of San Antonio Ray Gonzalez 78
Jose's Japanese Sword Ray Gonzalez 79
Rapist: A Romance Rigoberto Gonzlez 80
Advice to a Coming Child Benjamin Scott Grossberg 82
Homing In LilaceMellin Guignard 84
Times LolaHaskins 86
Jacked LolaHaskins 87
Ten Still Lives Juan Felipe Herrera 88
The Bond Bob Hicok 89
Monique Cynthia Hogue 91
The Green Tuxedo JanetHolmes 92
Night of the Hunter Paul Hoover 95
Panic Austin Hummell 97
Unholy Sonnet MarkJarman 98
Unholy Sonnet MarkJarman 98
Pink Triangles Larry Wayne Johns 99
Tattoo PeterJohnson Ioo
Accomplice PeterJohnson Ioo
On Viewing Two Different Date Rape Movies Allison Joseph IoI
Lighter Fluid RodgerKamenetz I03
Black Revolver JarretKeene I04
Half-Dead David Kirby I05
News William Kloefkorn Io
The Wreckage along the River JeffKnorr 113
Warscape, with Lovers Marilyn Krysl 114
My Gun Has So Many Places to Hide David Lazar 15
Ether Laurence Lieberman II6
Against Nature Timothy Liu 117
Revenge, Like Habanero Peppers Rachel Loden II8
Reconstructed Face Rachel Loden 119
Shall We Gather at the River? Monifa Love 120
Hate Crimes Joanne Lowery 121
Chivalry John Lundberg 22
I Still Can't Say the Word WaltMcDonald 123
Smokestacks, Chicago CampbellMcGrath I24
Vincent PeterMeinke 126
Rage PeterMeinke 126
[The man who melts ... ] DonaldMorrill 127
Salem, Indiana, I983 Richard Newman 28
Tallahassee Aimee Nezhukumatathil I30
Regardless of the Final Score Debra Nystrom 3I
The Intrusion BiljanaD. Obradovi 132
Mary Mihalik Ed Ochester 133
Blood William Olsen I34
Happy As IAm Steve Orlen 136
Hostage Dixie Partridge I39
The Persistence of Memory, the Failure of Poetry Robert Philips I40
After the Fact: To Ted Bundy RobertPhillips 40
Blossom Stanley Plumly 144
The Man in Miami Kevin Prufer I46
The Pyromaniac WyattPrunty 148
Teddy Leroy V.Quintana 149
187 Leroy V.Quintana 49
Zoo Bin Ramke I50
Devil Beating His Wife Ron Rash 157
First Grade Liam Rector I58
Of Violence G. TravisRegier I59
Coach in Effigy Jack Ridl i60
Rainfall Piano LuisJ Rodriguez I6i
Redneck with Hair on His Back Paul Ruffin 62
Angel BenjaminAlire Saenz 163
Porcelain Childhood Katherine Sdnchez 165
The Talking Cure Sherod Santos 166
Film Noir Aram Saroyan 169
Some Poems Aren't for You Heather Sellers 171
Wolf Soup Vijay Seshadri 172
A Birthday Party on Old Orchard Road Vivian Shipley 74
Sleeping Soundly Where Lizzy Borden Did Vivian Shipley 75
Prime Time Barry Silesky 178
This Is How It Comes R. T. Smith 179
Suburban Crimes III David Starkey 80
Granite Jaw Mark Taksa I8I
My Grandmother's Birthday Susan Thomas 182
Modern Love Ann Townsend 183
Stark Weather William Trowbridge I84
A Boy Exploded on the Corner Today Seth Tucker 85
Knife Gloria Vando 186
On Reporting the Murder of a Young Prostitute Judith Vollmer 187
Demonstration: Women's House of Detention, 1965
Michael Waters 189
Killing the Animals Charles Harper Webb I90
Meat Michelangelo Charles Harper Webb I90
Mad Man Steve Wilson 192
Lucky Smile Michele Wolf I93
Survivalist Carolyne Wright 94
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