Lawrence Joseph (2) (1948–)

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Lawrence Joseph, the grandson of Lebanese and Syrian Catholic immigrants, was born and raised in Detroit. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Cambridge University, and the University of Michigan Law School, he is the author of six books of poetry, most recently So Where Are We?, and of mehr anzeigen Lawyerland, a novel, and The Game Changed: Essays and Other Prose. He is the Tinnelly Professor of Law at St. John's University School of Law and has taught creative writing at Princeton. He is married to the painter Nancy Van Goethem and lives in New York City. weniger anzeigen

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Im Land der Advokaten. Wovon Anwälte reden, wenn sie vom Recht reden (1997) 43 Exemplare

Into It: Poems (2005) 24 Exemplare

So Where Are We?: Poems (2017) 14 Exemplare

Codes, Precepts, Biases, and Taboos: Poems 1973-1993 (2005) 13 Exemplare

A Certain Clarity: Selected Poems (2020) 11 Exemplare

Before Our Eyes (1993) 8 Exemplare

Shouting at No One (Pitt Poetry Series) (1983) 8 Exemplare

Curriculum Vitae (Pitt Poetry Series) (1988) 6 Exemplare

The Game Changed: Essays and Other Prose (Poets on Poetry) (2011) 4 Exemplare

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The Future Dictionary of America (2004) — Mitwirkender — 628 Exemplare

Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation (2017) — Mitwirkender — 179 Exemplare

After Ovid: New Metamorphoses (1994) — Mitwirkender — 153 Exemplare

The Best American Poetry 2016 (2016) — Mitwirkender — 103 Exemplare

The Best American Poetry 1992 (1992) — Mitwirkender — 102 Exemplare

Tremor Of Bliss: Contemporary Writers on the Saints (1994) — Mitwirkender — 95 Exemplare

The Best American Poetry 2012 (2012) — Mitwirkender — 84 Exemplare

The Best American Poetry 2013 (2013) — Mitwirkender — 83 Exemplare

Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry (2008) — Mitwirkender — 24 Exemplare

Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream (2000) — Mitwirkender — 22 Exemplare

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Gebräuchlichste Namensform: Joseph, Lawrence
Geburtstag: 1948
Nationalität: USA
Geburtsort: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Berufe: dichter

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A certain clarity : selected poems von Lawrence Joseph

I used to live close to a neighborhood in Detroit people who are of Chaldean Christian heritage. Although there was an inwardness among the Chaldeans, there was also a sense of striving for stability which Detroit needs and Joseph's poetry shows forth. My favorite poem in the book is: "So where were we? The fiery/ avalanche headed right at us -- "

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vpfluke | Apr 11, 2022 |

So Where Are We?: Poems von Lawrence Joseph

Deep, dark, thought provoking poetry. This is a great collection, but should be avoided if you're looking for peaceful light prose. This is a realistic poetic look at the current human political microcosm, portrayed in inter-connected poems. Illuminating albeit a bit depressing... Which describes the current earthly culture rather well.

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bearlyr | Sep 5, 2017 |

Into it von Lawrence Joseph

I was attracted to this book because it has impressions of Detroit. And when I read it, I could put myself back in Detroit, where I lived for 18 years. These may not be meaningful to everyone, but something clicked when I read "I note in a Notebook" this: ... A figure, in the factory / behind the Jefferson Avenue Assembly marking and filing the parts of the new model prototype / Chryslers... I worked with the bus company whose garage was in the shadow of this auto plant and can imagine the scene with Lawrence Joseph.
"Woodward Avenue" is the big street in Detroit, and the poem starts off calling it "The destination, the destiny, a street,/ an avenue." For us who lived there, it was the destiny of the city, even if withered at this point.
I also resonated with some lines in "In the Shape of Fate over my Father's Birth." I worked in pulbic transport in Detroit, and can well imagine hearing "The Trumbull streetcar screeched/ on the switch. The ratttling, old yellow Pwl Cars late at night..."
9/11 is to some degree is memorialized in "Why Not Say What Happens", "this cloud ... isn't only ash and soot", it's everything including fear and memory.… (mehr)

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vpfluke | Dec 20, 2008 |

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