Wild kingdom : poems / Jehanne Dubrow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dubrow, Jehanne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Poetry.

Universities and colleges.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

viii, 57 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"In "Wild Kingdom," Jehanne Dubrow explores the world of academia, examining this strange landscape populated by faculty, administrators, and students. Using what she calls "received academic forms," Dubrow crafts poems that mimic the language of academic documents such as syllabi, grading rubrics, and departmental minutes. "Honor Board Hearing," a series of prose poems, draws on the seven years she served on a college honor board to depict challenges frequently faced by undergraduates, offering fictionalized accounts of cases involving plagiarism, theft, sexual assault, and substance abuse. As a rejoinder to the famous dictum that "Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low," Dubrow maintains that, given the current moment, the stakes could not be higher. Even as it acknowledges the cruelty that may exist within the academy, "Wild Kingdom" asks how scholars and educators can work to ensure that institutions of higher learning continue to nurture students and remain places of open-minded critical thinking"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: A Colony Of Gulls / A Siege Of Herons

Portrait of an Administrator with Strategic Plan and Office Supplies

Field Notes on Mobbing

Great Blue Heron

Honor Board Hearing

In a Tiny College Town

Scholar Sharpening His Quill to Self-Portrait with Cable News, Graffiti, Weather

After Crying

Field Notes on the Muted Brilliance of the Female

Piggy

Minutes

Sanderling

A Wake Of Vultures / A Deceit Of Lapwings

Rubric of an Unacceptable Year

Anguish

Early Mornings in Anger and Thaw

Northern Cardinal

Wild Kingdom

Advanced Poetry

An Essay on Cruelty

Field Notes on the Disruption of Flight Patterns

Blue-Winged Teal

Incompetence or Malice

Field Notes on Departure

Sun Salutations with Betrayal and Departure

A Flight Of Swallows / An Exaltation Of Larks

Exit Report

Mallard

Fairy Tale with Laryngitis and Resignation Letter

Postcard to the Colonial Town Where I Lived for Eight Years

Memory of a Year with Allusions to the Greeks

Swarm

Osprey

Ira Furor Brevis Est

Pardon

Field Notes on the Hatchling

Small Miseries or Large

Course Evaluation

Song for a Crackle in the Kroger Parking Lot.

Other Format:

Online version: Dubrow, Jehanne, Wild kingdom

ISBN:

9780807174128

0807174122

OCLC:

1155487855