Michael S. Harper
Michael S. Harper
Reading Date: Wednesday, April 4, 1973
- Introduction
- "Kneading"
- "Last Affair: Bessie's Blues Song"
- "Homage to the New World"
- "We Assume: On the Death of our Son, Reuben Masai Harper"
- "Deathwatch"
- "Dear John, Dear Coltrane"
- "Here Where Coltrane Is"
- "History as Bandages: Polka Dots and Moonbeams"
- discusses the background of the poetic sequence "Debridement"
- "SUBJECT BRIGHT..."
- "Mama's Report"
- "Circle of Bloods"
- "A White Friend Flies in from the Coast"
- "Mission: i. Jan. 70"
- "The Borning Room"
- "Lathe: Shirl's Tree"
- "Slim in Hell"
- "Bird Lives, Charles Parker in St. Louis"
Introduction-1451
by Lois Shelton
"Kneading"-1452
Harper, Michael S. Song: I Want a Witness. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972.
"Last Affair: Bessie's Blues Song"-1453
Harper, Michael S. Song: I Want a Witness. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972.
"Homage to the New World"-1454
Harper, Michael S. Song: I Want a Witness. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972.
"We Assume: On the Death of our Son, Reuben Masai Harper"-1455
Harper, Michael S. Dear John, Dear Coltrane. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.
"Deathwatch"-1456
Harper, Michael S. Dear John, Dear Coltrane. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.
"Dear John, Dear Coltrane"-1457
Harper, Michael S. Dear John, Dear Coltrane. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.
"Here Where Coltrane Is"-1458
Harper, Michael S. History Is Your Own Heartbeat. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1971.
"History as Bandages: Polka Dots and Moonbeams"-1459
Harper, Michael S. History Is Your Own Heartbeat. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1971.
discusses the background of the poetic sequence "Debridement"-1460
"SUBJECT BRIGHT..."-1461
Harper, Michael S. Debridement. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973.
"Mama's Report"-1462
Harper, Michael S. Debridement. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973.
"Circle of Bloods"-1463
Harper, Michael S. Debridement. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973.
"A White Friend Flies in from the Coast"-1464
different version than what was published
Annotation:
Harper, Michael S. Debridement. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973.
"Mission: i. Jan. 70"-1465
"The Borning Room"-1466
Harper, Michael S. Song: I Want a Witness. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972.
"Lathe: Shirl's Tree"-1467
"Slim in Hell"-1468
"Bird Lives, Charles Parker in St. Louis"-1469
Harper, Michael S. Dear John, Dear Coltrane. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.
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Series: Spring Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
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