VOL. XVII, NO. 11
APRIL 19, 1976
Marge Piercy Coming
To Read Poetry May 6
To Read Poetry May 6
American poetess Marge Piercy is coming to Maine West on May 6 to help celebrate the Bicentennial with a poetry reading before selected students and numerous seminar discussion groups throughout the day.
Ms. Piercy has published five books of poetry and three novels in her career as a favorite underground poet. Her work has appeared in numerous large circulation publications and many underground newspapers and magazines.
At 8 a.m. Ms. Piercy will have a coffee‑chat with faculty members in the faculty cafeteria. At 9 a.m. she will conduct her reading of some of her favorite and best loved works.
After her reading session with an invited‑only audience, she will conduct three selected seminars throughout the day. Here students are invited to discuss various aspects of Ms. Piercy's poetry, including style, meaning, and structure.
Ms. Piercy has published five books of poetry and three novels in her career as a favorite underground poet. Her work has appeared in numerous large circulation publications and many underground newspapers and magazines.
At 8 a.m. Ms. Piercy will have a coffee‑chat with faculty members in the faculty cafeteria. At 9 a.m. she will conduct her reading of some of her favorite and best loved works.
After her reading session with an invited‑only audience, she will conduct three selected seminars throughout the day. Here students are invited to discuss various aspects of Ms. Piercy's poetry, including style, meaning, and structure.
Marge Piercy's poetry is purported to be a perfect example of the use of concrete language. She writes about life's basic forces: love, sex, isolation, death.
A typical example of her poetry is this verse from "The Nuisance," found in her 1973 book, To Be of Use:
I am an inconvenient woman
You might trade me in on a
sheep dog or a llama
You might trade me in on a yak
They are faithful and demand only straw
They make good overcoats
They never call you up on the telephone
A typical example of her poetry is this verse from "The Nuisance," found in her 1973 book, To Be of Use:
I am an inconvenient woman
You might trade me in on a
sheep dog or a llama
You might trade me in on a yak
They are faithful and demand only straw
They make good overcoats
They never call you up on the telephone