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Informationen zum Autor Memoirist, poet, editor, and Marine veteran W.D. Ehrhart taught English and history at the Haverford School in Haverford, Pennsylvania. The author of twenty books, his prose and poetry have appeared in hundreds of publications including the Los Angeles Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Utne Reader, Reader's Digest, American Poetry Review and the Virginia Quarterly Review. He was a major presence in the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick documentary The Vietnam War. Klappentext A new collection of Bill Ehrhart's essays--25 of them, written between 2002 and 2012 on subjects ranging from the Vietnam War failures of American policy-makers to life in 21st century Vietnam; the trenches of the Western Front, the mountains of Korea, the sands of Iraq; from the value of one's name to the cowardice of Congress; mountain gorillas in Rwanda, the journalist Gloria Emerson, teaching poetry to teenagers; on the famous (Wilfred Owen) and the obscure (Robert James Elliott).... These essays explore the fallacies of history, the madness of war, the craft of poetry, the profession of teaching, and the art of living. Zusammenfassung "A new collection of Bill Ehrhart's essays! these essays explore the fallacies of history! the madness of war! the craft of poetry! the profession of teaching! and the art of living"--Provided by publisher. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface THE ESSAYSThe World Is Watching Batter My Heart with the Liquor Store: or, Teaching Poetry to Teenagers Hell's Music: A Neglected Poem from a Neglected War The Power to Declare James Magner, Jr., William Meredith and Reg Saner: Reluctant Poets of the Korean War What's the Point of Poetry? Kaleidoscope Carrying the Ghost of Ray Catina Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: A Brief History of National Myopia What the Fuss Is All About "I Have to Go Now. Bye!" A Remembrance of Gloria Emerson Concerning Memorial Day "Knock Their Jocks Off, Boys!" The Value of Your Name Words for John Balaban Good Wars, Bad Wars, Forgotten Wars and Poetry "They Want Enough Rice": Reflections on the Late American War in Vietnam Samuel Exler: The Poet as Historian One, Two, Many Vietnams? The Origins of Passion The Pity of War Poetry "That Damned Bad": Fragments from the Life of Robert James Elliott Con Thien and Dancin' Jack Dead on a High Hill: Poetry from the Korean War Ken and Bill's Excellent Adventure Military History of W. D. Ehrhart About the Author Index ...
