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New York Poems
D.H. Melhem
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Description for New York Poems
Paperback. New York Poems is dedicated to "The City of New York: embattled, gallant, enduring" by poet D. H. Melhem, who calls the Upper West Side her "muse." D.H. Melhem looks at neighborhood struggles with blight and urban renewal (chastised as "Negro Removal"). Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
New York Poems is dedicated to ""The City of New York: embattled, gallant, enduring"" by celebrated poet D. H. Melhem, who calls the Upper West Side her ""muse."" D. H. Melhem's sharp eye looks at neighborhood struggles with blight and urban renewal (chastised as ""Negro Removal""). She examines her city from the World Trade Center disaster to the present to the city's future. New York Poems combines her seminal book of poetry, Notes on 94th Street, with her second volume about the neighborhood, Children of the House Afire, whose emblematic title poem describes a tragic fire she witnessed from her ... Read more
New York Poems is dedicated to ""The City of New York: embattled, gallant, enduring"" by celebrated poet D. H. Melhem, who calls the Upper West Side her ""muse."" D. H. Melhem's sharp eye looks at neighborhood struggles with blight and urban renewal (chastised as ""Negro Removal""). She examines her city from the World Trade Center disaster to the present to the city's future. New York Poems combines her seminal book of poetry, Notes on 94th Street, with her second volume about the neighborhood, Children of the House Afire, whose emblematic title poem describes a tragic fire she witnessed from her ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815608134
SKU
V9780815608134
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About D.H. Melhem
D. H. Melhem's most notable books include Notes on 94th Street, Children of the House Afire, and the acclaimed elegy for her mother, Rest in Love. Melhem's numerous awards include an American Book Award and two Pushcart Prize nominations. Her novel, Blight, is also distributed by Syracuse University Press.
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