Document Type
Conference Presentation
Publication Date
2-13-2019
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Abstract
These four poets have written book-length elegies about the death of a
beloved: Donald Hall, about his wife, poet Jane Kenyon; Tess Gallagher, about
her husband, the writer Raymond Carver; Edward Hirsch, about his son Gabriel;
Naomi Shihab Nye, about her father, journalist Aziz Shihab. To be in mourning
over the death of a loved one is to view the world differently, at least for a time--
perhaps for a long time, perhaps forever. What can poets teach us about facing
hard losses and the process of grieving?
Recommended Citation
Dixon-Kolar, Bob, "The World Without: Seeing Grief Through Poets' Eyes" (2019). Faculty Scholarship. 53.
https://dc.cod.edu/englishpub/53
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Comments
Bob Dixon-Kolar, Associate Professor of English at College of DuPage, is
fascinated and moved by poets who feel compelled to address in extended
ways the loss of a loved one.