Jack Lee Myers

The Future of Men: Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century

“Once again, Jack Myers has his fingers on the pulse of the very latest. Myers has clearly done his homework, and the result is this superb book.” ―Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker of The Roosevelts and The Civil WarAfter being told all their lives to “be a man” and “man up,” men are now rejecting t...

A Profile of Twentieth-Century American Poetry

Seven chronologically arranged essays—each covering roughly a decade from 1908 through 1988—plus two special-focus essays on black and female poets, an introduction by Ed Folsom, and a preface by editors Jack Myers and David Wojahn, outline the critical, creative, aesthetic, and cultural forces at w...

The Memory of Water

Poetry. "What a wonderful gift to have these last poems by Jack Myers. It is a book I wouldn't be without. Jack was a quintessentially American poet. He wrote in a distilled American idiom with a wiseguy humor that is truly wise. He honored the past, and the future, too, but knew a poet's work was t...

Dictionary of Poetic Terms

Formerly The Longman Dictionary of Poetic Terms, this newly updated version contains over 1,600 entries on the devices, techniques, history, theory, and terminology of poetry from the Classical period to the present. To bring it up-to-date, the authors have added fifty new entries and examples. The ...

New American Poets

A comprehensive and important selection from over ninety of modern poetry's brightest and most exciting voices. Innovative and provocative, this volume is required reading for all poetry enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in the current and future trends of American verse.

The Portable Poetry Workshop

This "breakthrough" book clearly, comprehensively, and practically informs any student of poetry about the techniques of their craft using the workshop method.

As Long As You're Happy (National Poetry Series Books (Paperback))

How Dogs Came from Wolves: And Other Explorations of Science in Action (Scientists Probe 12 Animal Mysteries)

How did snarly wolves change into loving pets? Do dogs really see everything in black and white? How can elephants talk to one another even while they are miles apart? These are just a few of the questions that scientists tackle in this book of true science stoires. In his warm, personal style, Jack...

Jack Elliott Myers

Jack Elliott Myers (November 29, 1941 November 23, 2009), was an American poet and educator. He was Texas Poet Laureate in 2003, and served on the...

Jack Myers

Jack Myers. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search. Jack Myers may refer to: Jack Myers (biologist) (19132006), American...

The Language of Visual Art: Perception As a Basis for Design

The Longman Dictionary of Poetic Terms

A Profile of 20th Century American Poetry

Row House Days: Tales from a Southwest Philadelphia Childhood

Row House Blues: Tales from the Destruction F Philadelphia's Largest Catholic Parish

What Makes Popcorn Pop?

As Long As You're Happy

As Long As You're Happy