Backpack Literature: Sixth Edition ed. X. J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia & Dan Stone (Pearson, 2020, 978-0-13-475679-0, xxxix+1253pp, tp, an)
Subtitled “An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing”, a massive anthology of stories and poems whose primary aim is “to introduce college students to the appreciation and experience of literature in its major forms”. The book contains lengthy articles and surrounding material (not indexed) to frame the pieces included.
- xxix · Preface · X. J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia & Dan Stone · pr
- xxxviii · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg
- 1 · Fiction
- 2 · Talking with Amy Tan: “Life Is Larger Than We Think” · Dana Gioia · iv Backpack Literature: Third Edition ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2010 [Ref. Amy Tan]
- 5 · Chapter 1: Reading a Story
- 6 · Death Has an Appointment in Samarra · [uncredited] · vi (r); a Sufi Legend.
- 7 · The North Wind and the Sun · Aesop; translated by V. S. Vernon Jones · vi Aesop’s Fables by Aesop, tr. Vernon Jones, William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912
- 9 · The Camel and His Friends · Bidpai; translated by Arundhati Khanwalker · vi from The Panchatantra (r)
- 11 · Independence · Chuang Tzu; translated by Herbert Giles · vi Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer by Chuang Tzu, tr. Herbert Giles, Bernard Quaritch, 1889
- 13 · Godfather Death · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm; translated by Dana Gioia · ss Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the German.
- 18 · A & P · John Updike · ss The New Yorker July 22 1961
- 28 · Chapter 2: Point of View
- 32 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930
- 40 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 45 · A Worn Path · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1941
- 52 · A Good Man Is Hard to Find · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon, 1953
- 69 · Chapter 3: Character
- 72 · Bullet in the Brain · Tobias Wolff · ss The New Yorker September 25 1995
- 77 · Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Epoch Fall 1966
- 91 · Recitatif · Toni Morrison · ss Confirmation ed. Amiri & Amina Baraka, Morrow, 1983
- 107 · Cathedral · Raymond Carver · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1981
- 123 · Chapter 4: Setting
- 126 · The Storm · Kate Chopin · ss The Complete Works of Kate Chopin by Kate Chopin, Louisiana State University, 1969
- 131 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902
- 144 · The Gospel According to Mark · Jorge Luis Borges; translated by Andrew Hurley · ss Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges, tr. Andrew Hurley, Viking, September 1998
translated from the Spanish (“El Evangelio según Marcos”, El informe de Brodie, 1970).
- 149 · A Pair of Tickets · Amy Tan · ex from The Joy Luck Club, Putnam, 1989
- 168 · Chapter 5: Tone and Style
- 171 · A Clean, Well-Lighted Place · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1933
- 176 · Barn Burning · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1939
- 192 · The Gift of the Magi · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 10 1905, as “Gifts of the Magi”
- 197 · Happy Endings · Margaret Atwood · ss The Humanist September/October 1987
- 203 · Chapter 6: Theme
- 206 · The Things They Carried · Tim O’Brien · ss Esquire August 1986
- 220 · Barbie-Q · Sandra Cisneros · ss Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros, Random House, April 1991
- 223 · The Parable of the Prodigal Son · [uncredited] · ss King James Version, Robert Barker, 1611
- 225 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961
- 233 · Chapter 7: Symbol
- 236 · The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1937
- 245 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892
- 259 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, October 1973
- 265 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948
- 276 · Chapter 8: Gallery of International Voices
- 277 · Dead Men’s Path · Chinua Achebe · ss Girls at War and Other Stories by Chinua Achebe, Pearson Education, 1972
- 280 · The Shunammite · Inés Arredondo; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss Other Fires: Stories from the Women of Latin America ed. Alberto Manguel, Clarkson N. Potter, 1986
translated from the Spanish (“La sunamita”, La sunamita, 1960.
- 289 · The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World · Gabriel García Márquez; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss Playboy November 1971
translated from the Spanish.
- 294 · Saboteur · Ha Jin · ss The Antioch Review Autumn 1996
- 303 · Girl · Jamaica Kincaid · vi The New Yorker June 26 1978
- 305 · The Lawsuit · Naguib Mahfouz; translated by Denys Johnson-Davies · ss The Time and the Place and Other Stories by Naguib Mahfouz, tr. Denys Johnson-Davies, American University in Cairo Press, 1991
translated from the Arabic (“al-Qadiya”).
- 309 · Saints · Bharati Mukherjee · ss Darkness by Bharati Mukherjee, Penguin, March 1985
- 318 · Chapter 9: Stories for Further Reading
- 318 · This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona · Sherman Alexie · ss Esquire June 1993
- 328 · Greasy Lake · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss The Paris Review #83, Spring 1982
- 337 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952
- 347 · The Story of an Hour · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue December 6 1894, as “The Dream of an Hour”
- 350 · How to Talk to Girls at Parties · Neil Gaiman · ss Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman, Headline, September 2006
- 360 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 372 · Sweat · Zora Neale Hurston · ss Fire!! November 1926
- 382 · Araby · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, June 1914
- 387 · Before the Law · Franz Kafka; translated by John Siscoe · ss Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the German (“Vor dem Gesetz”, Selbstwehr, September 7, 1915).
- 389 · Miss Brill · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Athenaeum November 26 1920
- 393 · Everyday Use · Alice Walker · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1973
- 401 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921
- 405 · Poetry
- 406 · Talking with Kay Ryan: “Language That Lasts” · Dana Gioia · iv Backpack Literature: Third Edition ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2010 [Ref. Kay Ryan]
- 408 · To the Muse · X. J. Kennedy · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
- 409 · Chapter 10: Reading a Poem
- 411 · The Lake Isle of Innisfree · William Butler Yeats · pm The National Observer December 13 1890
- 414 · Those Winter Sundays · Robert Hayden · pm A Ballad of Remembrance by Robert Hayden, Heritage Series of Black Poetry, 1962
- 414 · Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers · Adrienne Rich · pm A Change of World by Adrienne Rich, Yale University Press, 1951
- 415 · Sir Patrick Spence · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 417 · “Out, Out—” · Robert Frost · pm McClure’s Magazine July 1916
- 419 · My Last Duchess · Robert Browning · pm Dramatic Lyrics by Robert Browning, Edward Moxon, 1842, as “Italy”
- 422 · Ask Me · William Stafford · pm The New Yorker July 7 1975
- 425 · Chapter 11: Listening to a Voice
- 426 · My Papa’s Waltz · Theodore Roethke · pm Harper’s Bazaar February 1942
- 427 · The Wayfarer · Stephen Crane · pm War Is Kind and Other Lines by Stephen Crane, Frederick A. Stokes, May 1899
- 427 · Bilingual/Bilingüe · Rhina P. Espaillat · pm Where Horizons Go by Rhina P. Espaillat, New Odyssey Press, 1998
- 428 · Alcohol · Franz Wright · pm Ill Lit by Franz Wright, Oberlin College Press, 1998
- 429 · For My Daughter · Weldon Kees · pm The Kenyon Review Spring 1940
- 430 · White Lies · Natasha Trethewey · pm Domestic Work by Natasha Trethewey, Graywolf Press, August 2000
- 432 · Luke Havergal · Edwin Arlington Robinson · pm Children of the Night by Edwin Arlington Robinson, self-published, 1897
- 433 · Dog Haiku · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 434 · Theme for English B · Langston Hughes · pm Montage of a Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes, Henry Holt and Company, 1951
- 435 · Rainfall · Karen An-hwei Lee · pp
- 435 · The Red Wheelbarrow · William Carlos Williams · pm Spring and All by William Carlos Williams, Contact Publishing Co., 1923, as “XXII”
- 436 · Oh No · Robert Creeley · pm For Love: Poems 1950–1960 by Robert Creeley, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962
- 437 · The Unknown Citizen · W. H. Auden · pm The Listener August 3 1939
- 439 · Rite of Passage · Sharon Olds · pm The Dead and the Living by Sharon Olds, Alfred A. Knopf, 1984
- 439 · Second Fig · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm A Few Figs from Thistles by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Frank Shay, 1920
- 440 · The Workbox · Thomas Hardy · pm Satires of Circumstances by Thomas Hardy, Macmillan and Co., 1914
- 441 · The Chimney Sweeper (“When my mother died…”) · William Blake · pm Songs of Innocence by William Blake, 1789
- 442 · To Lucasta · Richard Lovelace · pm Lucasta by Richard Lovelace, 1649
- 442 · Dulce et Decorum Est · Wilfred Owen · pm Poems by Wilfred Owen, Chatto and Windus, 1920
- 446 · Chapter 12: Words
- 447 · This Is Just to Say · William Carlos Williams · pm Collected Poems, 1921-1931 by William Carlos Williams, The Objectivist Press, 1934
- 448 · Cargoes · John Masefield · pm Look and Learn #19, May 26 1962
- 449 · Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God, for You · John Donne · pm Poems by John Donne, Henry Seyle, 1633
- 450 · Aftermath · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · pm Aftermath by H. W. Longfellow, James R. Osgood & Co., 1873
- 452 · Friend, on This Scaffold Thomas More Lies Dead · J. V. Cunningham · pm The Exclusions of a Rhyme by J. V. Cunningham, Alan Swallow, 1960
- 452 · Bread · Samuel Menashe · pm Chimera Books, 1981
- 452 · Grass · Carl Sandburg · pm Cornhuskers by Carl Sandburg, Henry Holt, 1918
- 454 · Upon Julia’s Clothes · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648
- 455 · Blandeur · Kay Ryan · pm Say Uncle by Kay Ryan, Grove Press, 2000
- 456 · The Ruined Maid · Thomas Hardy · pm Poems of the Past and Present by Thomas Hardy, Harper & Bros., 1901
- 457 · What Bee Did · Julie Larios · pm The Courtland Review #31, 2005
- 457 · Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town · e. e. cummings · pm 50 Poems by e. e. cummings, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1940
- 458 · Adam · Sarah Cortez · pm 2016
- 460 · Carnation Milk · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 460 · English con Salsa · Gina Valdés · pm Cool Salsa ed. Lori M. Carlson, Henry Holt, July 1994
- 461 · My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold · William Wordsworth · pm Poems, In Two Volumes by William Wordsworth, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807
- 461 · Mutability · William Wordsworth · pm Ecclesiastical Sonnets by William Wordsworth, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822
- 462 · Jabberwocky · Lewis Carroll · pm from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Macmillan, December 1871
- 466 · Chapter 13: Saying and Suggesting
- 467 · London · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794
- 469 · Disillusionment of Ten o’Clock · Wallace Stevens · pm Rogue March 15 1915
- 470 · Fire and Ice · Robert Frost · pm Harper’s Magazine December 1920
- 470 · Epitaph · Timothy Steele · pm Counter/Measures #2, 1973
- 470 · Arranged · Hieu Minh Nguyen · pm Radius Lit February 27 2014
- 471 · Sea Rose · H. D. (by Hilda Doolittle) · pm Sea Garden by H. D., Constable and Company, 1916
- 472 · Tears, Idle Tears · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm from “The Princess”, Edward Moxon, 1847
- 472 · Love Calls Us to the Things of This World · Richard Wilbur · pm Things of This World by Richard Wilbur, Harcourt, Brace, 1956
- 476 · Chapter 14: Imagery
- 476 · In a Station of the Metro · Ezra Pound · pm Poetry April 1913
- 476 · The Piercing Chill I Feel · Taniguchi Buson · pm An Introduction to Haiku ed. Harold G. Henderson, Anchor Books, 1958
translated from the Japanese.
- 477 · The Winter Evening Settles Down · T. S. Eliot · pm Prufrock and Other Observations by T. S. Eliot, The Egoist, 1917, as “Prelude”
- 478 · Root Cellar · Theodore Roethke · pm The Lost Son and Other Poems by Theodore Roethke, Doubleday, 1948
- 478 · The Fish · Elizabeth Bishop · pm North and South by Elizabeth Bishop, Houghton Mifflin, 1946
- 480 · A Route of Evanescence · Emily Dickinson · pm The Atlantic Monthly October 1891
- 481 · Reapers · Jean Toomer · pm Cane by Jean Toomer, Boni & Liveright, 1923
- 481 · Pied Beauty · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Humphrey Milford, 1918
- 482 · The Falling Flower · Arakida Moritake; translated by Babette Deutsch · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 483 · Heat-Lightning Streak · Matsuo Basho; translated by X. J. Kennedy · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 483 · In the Old Stone Pool · Matsuo Basho; translated by X. J. Kennedy · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 483 · On the One-Ton Temple Bell · Taniguchi Buson; translated by X. J. Kennedy · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 483 · Moonrise on Mudflats · Taniguchi Buson; translated by Michael Sullivan · pm Backpack Literature: Third Edition ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2010
translated from the Japanese.
- 483 · Only One Guy · Kobayashi Issa; translated by Cid Corman · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 483 · Cricket · Kobayashi Issa; translated by Robert Bly · pm Ten Poems by Kobayashi Issa, tr. Robert Bly, self-published, 1969
translated from the Japanese.
- 484 · Cosmos in Bloom · Suiko Matsushita; translated by Violet Kazue de Cristoforo · pm May Sky: There Is Always Tomorrow ed. & tr. Violet Kazue de Cristoforo, Sun & Moon Press, 1997
translated from the Japanese.
- 484 · Even the Croaking of Frogs · Hakuro Wada; translated by Violet Kazue de Cristoforo · pm May Sky: There Is Always Tomorrow ed. & tr. Violet Kazue de Cristoforo, Sun & Moon Press, 1997
translated from the Japanese.
- 484 · The Old Neighborhood · Nick Virgilio · pm Frogpond v38 #1, 2015
- 484 · Learning to Shave · Adelle Foley · pm Along the Bloodline by Adelle Foley, Pantograph Press, 2003
- 485 · Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats by John Keats, Reeves & Turner, 1883
- 485 · El Hombre · William Carlos Williams · pm Al Que Quiere! by William Carlos Williams, The Four Seas Company, 1917
- 486 · Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout · Gary Snyder · pm Riprap by Gary Snyder, Origin Press, 1959
- 486 · Tattoo · Angela Alaimo O’Donnell · pm Verse Wisconsin #108, 2012
- 487 · Not Waving but Drowning · Stevie Smith · pm Not Waving but Drowning by Stevie Smith, Andre Deutsch, 1957
- 487 · Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter · Robert Bly · pm Silence in the Snowy Fields by Robert Bly, Wesleyan University Press, 1962
- 490 · Chapter 15: Figures of Speech
- 490 · The Eagle · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems (Seventh Edition) by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edward Moxon, 1851
- 491 · Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Thomas Thorpe, 1609, as “Sonnet 18”
- 492 · Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? · Howard Moss · pm Minor Monuments by Howard Moss, The Ecco Press, 1986
- 494 · My Life Had Stood, a Loaded Gun · Emily Dickinson · pm The London Mercury February 1929
- 495 · Flower in the Crannied Wall · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm The Holy Grail and Other Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Strahan and Co., 1869
- 495 · To See a World in a Grain of Sand · William Blake · pm from “Auguries of Innocence”, Life of William Blake by Alexander Gilchrist, Macmillan and Co., 1863
- 495 · Metaphors · Sylvia Plath · pm The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath, William Heinemann, October 1960
- 496 · Simile · N. Scott Momaday · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
- 496 · The Heart · Jill Alexander Essbaum · pm Poetry December 2009
- 497 · I’m Like · Cody Walker · pm The Monarch Review August 28 2013
- 498 · The Wind · James Stephens · pm The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin by James Stephens, Macmillan, 1915, as “Stephen’s Green”
- 499 · Hands · Robinson Jeffers · pm Roan Stallion, Tamar, and Other Poems by Robinson Jeffers, Boni & Liveright, 1925
- 501 · Money · Dana Gioia · pm Gods of Winter by Dana Gioia, Graywolf Press, 1991
- 501 · Fog · Carl Sandburg · pm Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg, Henry Holt, 1916
- 502 · A Patch of Old Snow · Robert Frost · pm Mountain Interval by Eobert Frost, Henry Holt, November 1916
- 502 · Turtle · Kay Ryan · pm Flamingo Watching by Kay Ryan, Copper Beech Press, 1994
- 502 · Love and Friendship · Emily Brontë · pm Poems by Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell, Aylott and Jones, 1846, as by Ellis Bell
- 503 · Ode on a Grecian Urn · John Keats · pm Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems by John Keats, Taylor and Hessey, 1820
- 507 · Chapter 16: Sound
- 509 · Who Goes with Fergus? · William Butler Yeats · pm from “The Countess Cathleen”, The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics by William Butler Yeats, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892
- 510 · Ulalume · Edgar Allan Poe · ex American Whig Review December 1847
- 510 · A Slumber Did My Spirit Steal · William Wordsworth · pm Lyrical Ballads (Second Edition) by William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1800
- 511 · The Watch · Frances Cornford · pm Spring Morning by Frances Cornford, Poetry Bookshop, 1915
- 511 · The Splendor Falls on Castle Walls · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm from “The Princess (Third Edition)”, Edward Moxon, 1850
- 514 · The Hippopotamus · Hilaire Belloc · pm Cautionary Verses by Hilaire Belloc, Duckworth, 1939
- 515 · No More Jazz at Alcatraz · Bob Kaufman · pm Cranial Guitar by Bob Kaufman, Coffee House Press, 1995
- 515 · Aria · David Barber · pm The Crafty Poet II ed. Diane Lockward, Terrapin Books, September 2016
- 516 · God’s Grandeur · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 1918
- 518 · Spring and Fall · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 1918
- 518 · In Memoriam John Coltrane · Michael Stillman · pm An Introduction to Poetry ed. X. J. Kennedy, Little, Brown & Co., 1966
- 521 · Chapter 17: Rhythm
- 525 · We Real Cool · Gwendolyn Brooks · pm Poetry September 1959
- 526 · Break, Break, Break · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edward Moxon, 1842
- 526 · Résumé · Dorothy Parker · pm New York World August 16 1925
- 531 · Mariner Man · Edith Sitwell · pm Façade and Other Poems, 1920–1935 by Edith Sitwell, Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd., 1950
- 531 · When I Was One-and-Twenty · A. E. Housman · pm McClure’s Magazine May 1906
- 531 · Annabel Lee · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tribune October 9 1849
- 533 · Beat! Beat! Drums! · Walt Whitman · pm Harper’s Weekly September 28 1861
- 537 · Chapter 18: Closed Form
- 540 · Days of Wine and Roses · Ernest Dowson · pm Verses by Ernest Dowson, Leonard Smithers, 1896, as “Vitae Summa Brevis”
- 540 · Song (“Go and catch a falling star”) · John Donne · pm Poems by John Donne, Henry Seyle, 1633
- 541 · Bonny Barbara Allan · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 544 · Ballad of Birmingham · Dudley Randall · pm Broadside Press, 1965
- 545 · Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Thomas Thorpe, 1609, as “Sonnet 116”
- 546 · untitled (“What lips my lips have kissed, and when, and why…”) · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm Vanity Fair (US) November 1920
- 547 · Acquainted with the Night · Robert Frost · pm The Virginia Quarterly Review October 1928
- 548 · First Poem for You · Kim Addonizio · pp The Philosopher’s Club by Kim Addonizio, BOA Editions, 1993
- 548 · Shakespearean Sonnet · R. S. Gwynn · pm The Drive-In by R. S. Gwynn, University of Missouri Press, April 1986
- 549 · The Facebook Sonnet · Sherman Alexie · pm The New Yorker May 16 2011
- 550 · Of Treason · Sir John Harrington · pm Epigrams by Sir John Harrington, 1615
- 550 · Epitaph on a Dentist · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 550 · If Not for the Dark · Wendy Videlock · pm The Dark Gnu and Other Poems by Wendy Videlock, Able Muse Press, January 2013
- 550 · Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night · Dylan Thomas · pm Botteghe Oscure #8, 1951
- 551 · We Wear the Mask · Paul Laurence Dunbar · pm Majors and Minors by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Hadley & Hadley, 1895
- 552 · Sestina · Elizabeth Bishop · pm The New Yorker September 15 1956
- 557 · Chapter 19: Open Form
- 557 · Ancient Stairway · Denise Levertov · pm This Great Unknowing by Denise Levertov, New Directions, 1999
- 560 · Buffalo Bill’s · e. e. cummings · pm The Dial January 1920
- 561 · The Dance · William Carlos Williams · pm Wedge by William Carlos Williams, The Cummington Press, 1944
- 562 · The Heart · Stephen Crane · pm The Black Riders by Stephen Crane, Copeland and Day, 1895, as “In the Desert”
- 562 · I Hear America Singing · Walt Whitman · pm Leaves of Grass (Third Edition) by Walt Whitman, self-published, 1860
- 563 · Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird · Wallace Stevens · pm Others: An Anthology of the New Verse ed. Alfred Kreymborg, Alfred A. Knopf, October 1917
- 566 · In Just— · e. e. cummings · pm The Dial May 1920
- 567 · I, Too · Langston Hughes · pm Survey Graphic March 1925
- 567 · Frontera / Border · Francisco X. Alarcón · pm The Geography of Home ed. Christopher Buckley & Gary Young, Heyday Books, 1999
- 568 · I Shall Paint My Nails Red · Carole Satyamurti · pm Changing the Subject by Carole Satyamurti, Oxford University Press, September 1990
- 570 · Chapter 20: Symbol
- 571 · The Boston Evening Transcript · T. S. Eliot · pm Poetry October 1915
- 572 · The Lightning Is a Yellow Fork · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1891
- 574 · Neutral Tones · Thomas Hardy · pm Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy, Harper, September 1898
- 574 · Facing It · Yusef Komunyakaa · pm Dien Cai Dau by Yusef Komunyakaa, Wesleyan University Press, September 1988
- 575 · He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven · William Butler Yeats · pm The Wind Among the Reeds by William Butler Yeats, Good Press, April 1899, as “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven”
- 576 · The Parable of the Good Seed · [uncredited] · pm King James Version, Robert Barker, 1611
- 577 · Redemption · George Herbert · pm The Temple by George Herbert, Thom. Buck and Roger Daniel, 1633
- 577 · Outwitted · Edwin Markham · pm The Shoes of Happiness and Other Poems by Edwin Markham, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1913
- 578 · Occupation · Suji Kwock Kim · pm Notes from the Divided Country by Suji Kwock Kim, Louisiana State University Press, April 2003
- 579 · Proverbios y Cantares (XXIX) · Antonio Machado · pm Campos de Castilla by Antonio Machado, 1912; in Spanish.
- 579 · Traveler · Antonio Machado; translated by Michael Ortiz · pm Backpack Literature: Fifth Edition ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2016
translated from the Spanish (“Proverbios y Cantares (XXIX)”, Campos de Castilla, 1912).
- 579 · The Road Not Taken · Robert Frost · pm The Atlantic Monthly August 1915
- 580 · Up-Hill · Christina Rossetti · pm Macmillan’s Magazine February 1861
- 581 · Wild Geese · Mary Oliver · pm Dream Work by Mary Oliver, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986
- 581 · The New Colossus · Emma Lazarus · pm The Art Amateur January 1884
first read at the opening of the “Art Loan Fund Exhibition in Aid of the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund for the Statue of Liberty” on November 2, 1883.
- 582 · Bats in a Box · Karen Holden · pm
- 582 · Popcorn-Can Cover · Lorine Niedecker · pm Poor. Old. Tired. Horse. 1965
- 583 · Lipstick · Tami Haaland · pm Breath in Every Room by Tami Haaland, Lamar University Literary Press, 2014
- 583 · Anecdote of the Jar · Wallace Stevens · pm Poetry October 1919
- 586 · Chapter 21: Myth
- 587 · Nothing Gold Can Stay · Robert Frost · pm The Yale Review October 1923
- 587 · The World Is Too Much with Us · William Wordsworth · pm Poems, In Two Volumes by William Wordsworth, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807
- 588 · Helen · H. D. (by Hilda Doolittle) · pm The Nation and Athenaeum January 27 1923
- 590 · Medusa · Louise Bogan · pm The New Republic 1921
- 590 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848
written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820.
- 592 · First Love: A Quiz · A. E. Stallings · pm Hapax by A. E. Stallings, Northwestern University Press, March 2006
- 594 · The Second Coming · William Butler Yeats · pm The Dial November 1920
- 595 · Memento Mori in Middle School · Diane Thiel · pm Echolocations by Diane Thiel, Story Line Press, 2000
- 596 · Lady Lazarus · Sylvia Plath · pm Ariel by Sylvia Plath, Faber and Faber, 1965
- 600 · What I Learned from the Incredible Hulk · Aimee Nezhukumatathil · pm Miracle Fruit by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Tupelo Press, 2003
- 601 · Ulysses · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edward Moxon, 1842
- 605 · Chapter 22: What Is Poetry?
- 607 · Chapter 23: Poems for Further Reading
- 607 · Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Tortilla · Aaron Abeyta · pm Colcha by Aaron A. Abeyta, University Press of Colorado, April 2001
- 609 · The X in My Name · Francisco X. Alarcón · pm No Golden Gate for Us by Francisco X. Alarcón, Pennywhistle Press, 1993
- 609 · Last Words of the Prophet · [uncredited] · pm (r); a Navajo Chant.
- 609 · Dover Beach · Matthew Arnold · pm New Poems by Matthew Arnold, 1867
- 611 · Musée des Beaux Arts · W. H. Auden · pm New Writing Spring 1939, as “Palais des beaux arts”
- 611 · One Art · Elizabeth Bishop · pm The New Yorker April 26 1976
- 613 · The Tyger · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794
- 614 · The Mother · Gwendolyn Brooks · pm A Street in Bronzeville by Gwendolyn Brooks, Harper & Brothers, 1945
- 615 · How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways · Elizabeth Barrett Browning · pm Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Chapman & Hall, 1850, as “Sonnet (“How do I love thee?…”)”
- 615 · Dostoevsky · Charles Bukowski · pm Bone Palace Ballet by Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow Press, April 1997
- 616 · Quinceañera · Judith Ortiz Cofer · pm Terms of Survival by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Arte Público Press, 1987
- 617 · Kubla Khan · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · pm Christabel/Kubla Khan/The Pains of Sleep by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Murray, 1816
- 619 · Introduction to Poetry · Billy Collins · pm The Apple That Astonished Paris by Billy Collins, University of Arkansas Press, 1988
- 620 · Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Gladly Beyond · e. e. cummings · pm ViVa by e. e. cummings, Boni & Liveright, 1931
- 621 · Wild Nights—Wild Nights! · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1891
- 621 · I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1896
- 622 · Because I Could Not Stop for Death · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1890
- 623 · Death Be Not Proud · John Donne · pm Poems by John Donne, Henry Seyle, 1633, as “Sonnet X”
- 623 · The Flea · John Donne · pm Poems by John Donne, Henry Seyle, 1633
- 624 · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock · T. S. Eliot · pm Poetry June 1915
- 628 · Mending Wall · Robert Frost · pm North of Boston by Robert Frost, David Nutt, 1914
- 629 · Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening · Robert Frost · pm New Hampshire by Robert Frost, Henry Holt, October 1923
- 630 · A Supermarket in California · Allen Ginsberg · pm Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg, City Lights Books, 1956
- 631 · The Convergence of the Twain · Thomas Hardy · pm Souvenir Programme of the Dramatic and Operatic Matinée in Aid of the “Titanic” Disaster Fund, Royal Opera House, April 1912
- 632 · Digging · Seamus Heaney · pm Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney, Faber & Faber, 1966
- 633 · Invictus · William Ernest Henley · pm Book of Verses by William Ernest Henley, David Nutt, 1888
- 634 · Easter Wings · George Herbert · pm The Temple by George Herbert, Thom. Buck and Roger Daniel, 1633
- 634 · El Ángel de la Guarda · Juan Felipe Herrera · pm Half of the World in Light by Juan Felipe Herrera, University of Arizona Press, 2008
- 635 · To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648
- 636 · The Windhover · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 1918
- 636 · Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now · A. E. Housman · pm A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman, A.E. Housman, 1896
- 637 · The Negro Speaks of Rivers · Langston Hughes · pm The Crisis June 1921
- 638 · Harlem · Langston Hughes · pm Montage of a Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes, Henry Holt and Company, 1951
- 638 · Fire on the Hills · Robinson Jeffers · pm Thurso’s Landing and Other Poems by Robinson Jeffers, Liveright, Inc., 1932
- 639 · On My First Son · Ben Jonson · pm The Workes of Beniamin Ionson by Ben Jonson, William Stansby, 1616
- 639 · On the Death of Friends in Childhood · Donald Justice · pm The Summer Anniversaries by Donald Justice, Wesleyan University Press, 1960
- 640 · When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats by John Keats, Reeves & Turner, 1883
- 640 · Poetry of Departures · Philip Larkin · pm The Less Deceived by Philip Larkin, The Marvell Press, 1955
- 641 · Piano · D. H. Lawrence · pm Love Poems and Others by D. H. Lawrence, Duckworth and Co., February 1913
- 642 · Night Mirror · Li-Young Lee · pm Book of My Nights by Li-Young Lee, BOA Editions, 2001
- 643 · O Taste and See · Denise Levertov · pm O Taste and See by Denise Levertov, New Directions, 1964
- 643 · Drinking Alone by Moonlight · Li Po; translated by Arthur Waley · pm More Translations from the Chinese ed. & tr. Arthur Waley, Allen & Unwin, 1919
translated from the Chinese.
- 644 · Learning to Love America · Shirley Geok-lin Lim · pm What the Fortune Teller Didn’t Say by Shirley Geok-lin Lim, West End Press, 1998
- 645 · To His Coy Mistress · Andrew Marvell · pm Miscellaneous poems by Andrew Marvell, Esq. by Andrew Marvell, Robert Boulter, 1681
- 646 · If We Must Die · Claude McKay · pm The Liberator July 1919
- 647 · Recuerdo · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm Poetry May 1919
- 647 · When I Consider How My Light Is Spent · John Milton · pm Poems of Mr. John Milton, 2nd edn. by John Milton, Thomas Dring, 1673
- 648 · A Strange Beautiful Woman · Marilyn Nelson · pm Mama’s Promises by Marilyn Nelson, Louisiana State University Press, 1985
- 648 · We Are Many · Pablo Neruda; translated by Alastair Reid · pm We Are Many by Pablo Neruda, tr. Alastair Reid, Cape Goliard Press, 1967
translated from the Spanish (“Muchos somos”, Estravagario, 1958).
- 650 · The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter · Ezra Pound · pm Cathay by Ezra Pound, Elkin Mathews, 1915
loosely translated from a poem by the Chinese poet Li Bai, called “Chánggān Xíng”.
- 650 · Naming of Parts · Henry Reed · pm The New Statesman and Nation August 1942
- 651 · Miniver Cheevy · Edwin Arlington Robinson · pm Scribner’s Magazine March 1907
- 652 · Song (“When I am dead, my dearest”) · Christina Rossetti · pm The Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti, 1862
- 653 · When, in Disgrace with Fortune and Men’s Eyes · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Thomas Thorpe, 1609, as “Sonnet 29”
- 653 · My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Thomas Thorpe, 1609, as “Sonnet 130”
- 654 · Ozymandias · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm The Examiner January 11 1818
- 654 · The Snow Man · Wallace Stevens · pm Poetry October 1921
- 655 · Fern Hill · Dylan Thomas · pm Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art October 1945
- 656 · When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer · Walt Whitman · pm Drum-Taps by Walt Whitman, Peter Eckler, October 1865
- 657 · O Captain! My Captain! · Walt Whitman · pm Sequel to Drum-Taps by Walt Whitman, Washington, 1865
- 658 · The Widow’s Lament in Springtime · William Carlos Williams · pm Sour Grapes by William Carlos Williams, The Four Seas Company, 1921
- 659 · Queen-Anne’s-Lace · William Carlos Williams · pm Sour Grapes by William Carlos Williams, The Four Seas Company, 1921
- 659 · Composed Upon Westminster Bridge · William Wordsworth · pm Poems, In Two Volumes by William Wordsworth, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807
- 660 · Sailing to Byzantium · William Butler Yeats · pm The Tower by W. B. Yeats, Macmillan and Co., 1928
- 661 · When You Are Old · William Butler Yeats · pm The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics by William Butler Yeats, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892
- 663 · Drama
- 664 · Talking with David Ives: “Comedy Is Just Tragedy Without the Sentimentality” · Dana Gioia · iv Backpack Literature: Third Edition ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2010 [Ref. David Ives]
- 667 · Chapter 24: Reading a Play
- 669 · Trifles · Susan Glaspell · pl Players Press, 1916
- 689 · Chapter 25: Tragedy and Comedy
- 692 · Doctor Faustus · Christopher Marlowe; edited by Sylvan Barnet · ex from The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Thomas Bushnell, 1604
- 700 · The Importance of Being Earnest · Oscar Wilde · ex Leonard Smithers, 1899
- 704 · Sure Thing · David Ives · pl All in the Timing by David Ives, Dramatists Play Service, 1994
- 718 · Chapter 26: The Theater of Sophocles
- 725 · Oedipus the King · Sophocles; translated by David Grene · pl Sophocles I by Sophocles, tr. David Grene, University of Chicago Press, 1954
translated from the Greek.
- 771 · Chapter 27: The Theater of Shakespeare
- 778 · Othello, the Moor of Venice · William Shakespeare · pl Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623
- 893 · Chapter 28: The Modern Theater
- 895 · A Raisin in the Sun · Lorraine Hansberry · pl Random House, 1959
- 973 · A Doll’s House · Henrik Ibsen; edited by Viktoria Michelsen; translated by R. Farquharson Sharp · pl J.M. Dent, 1910
translated from the Norwegian (“Et Dukkehjem”, 1879).
- 1036 · The Cuban Swimmer · Milcha Sanchez-Scott · pl Dog Lady and The Cuban Swimmer by Milcha Sanchez-Scott, Theatre Communications Group, 1984
- 1051 · Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 · Anna Deavere Smith · ex Anchor Press, March 1994
- 1063 · Chapter 29: Plays for Further Reading
- 1063 · Mistaken Identity · Sharon E. Cooper · pl Laugh Lines ed. Nina Shengold & Eric Lane, Vintage, April 2007
- 1068 · The Sound of a Voice · David Henry Hwang · pl Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1984
- 1084 · Click · Brighde Mullins · pl 2000
- 1087 · Fences · August Wilson · pl Plume, June 1986
- 1145 · Writing
- 1147 · Chapter 30: Writing About Literature
- 1148 · Nothing Gold Can Stay · Robert Frost · pm The Yale Review October 1923
- 1201 · Chapter 31: Writing a Research Paper
- 1229 · Literary Credits · [uncredited] · ms
- 1243 · Index of Authors and Titles · [uncredited] · ix
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