American Melancholy: Poems
- Author: Joyce Carol Oates
- Narrator: Cheryl Smith
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 1:52:47
Synopsis
A new collection of poetry from an American literary legend, her first in twenty-five years
Joyce Carol Oates is one of our most insightful observers of the human heart and mind, and, with her acute social consciousness, one of the most insistent and inspired witnesses of a shared American history.
Oates is perhaps best known for her prodigious output of novels and short stories, many of which have become contemporary classics. However, Oates has also always been a faithful writer of poetry. American Melancholy showcases some of her finest work of the last few decades.
Covering subjects big and small, and written in an immediate and engaging style, this collection touches on both the personal and political. Loss, love, and memory are investigated, along with the upheavals of our modern age, the reality of our current predicaments, and the ravages of poverty, racism, and social unrest. Oates skillfully writes characters ranging from a former doctor at a Chinese People’s Liberation Army hospital to Little Albert, a six-month-old infant who took part in a famous study that revealed evidence of classical conditioning in human beings.
Chapters
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chapter 21
Duration: 07min -
chapter 22
Duration: 05min -
chapter 23
Duration: 05min -
chapter 24
Duration: 07min -
chapter 25
Duration: 44s -
chapter 26
Duration: 01min -
chapter 27
Duration: 02min -
chapter 28
Duration: 07s -
chapter 29
Duration: 03min -
chapter 30
Duration: 08min -
chapter 31
Duration: 07min -
chapter 32
Duration: 03min -
chapter 33
Duration: 04min -
chapter 34
Duration: 03min -
chapter 35
Duration: 03min -
chapter 36
Duration: 58s