The course will be taught by Michael Braziller, the Publisher of Persea Books, an independent literary press he co-founded in 1975, which is devoted almost exclusively to educational and poetry titles. Mr. Braziller and his guest, Edward Hirsch, will discuss the darker side of Robert Frost. They will look closely as several of the following poems: "Home Burial," "The Oven Bird," "The Vanishing Red," "To E.T.," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Acquainted with the Night," "Desert Places," "Neither Out Far Nor In Deep," "Design," "Never Again Would Birds' Song Be the Same," "The Subverted Flower," "Directive," "Bereft" and "My Butterfly". The principal emphasis will be on the emotional and psychological life of the poems themselves. In addition, Mr. Hirsch will read and discuss one poem of his own which was, in some way, influenced by Frost. No prior registration or fee is required. To view copies of the poems, please click on the link below. You may also email info@philoctetes.org to receive the poems.

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Edward Hirsch has published six books of poems, including Wild Gratitude, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Lay Back the Darkness. He has published four books of prose, including How to Read a Poem, a national bestseller, and Poets Choice. He is President of the John Simon Memorial Guggenheim Foundation and the recipient of fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is Professor of English at Wayne State University and the University of Houston.

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