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LANGUAGE OF THE BRAG by SHARON OLDS

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAVE WANTED EXCELLENCE IN THE KNIFE-THROW
Last Line: AND I AM PUTTING MY PROUD AMERICAN BOAST %RIGHT HERE WITH THE OTHERS
Subject(s): MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; POETRY AND POETS; WHITMAN, WALT (1819-1891); WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

Poem Sources:

VITAL SIGNS; CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY FROM THE UNIVERSITY PRESSES.
  WALLACE, RONALD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
THE PITTSBURGH BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  OCHESTER, ED, & ORESICK, PETER (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
NO MORE MASKS! AN ANTHOLOGY OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN POETS. NEWLY REVISED AND EXPANDED.
  HOWE, FLORENCE (ED.)
  (1993)
 
FOR A LIVING; THE POETRY OF WORK.
  COLES, NICHOLAS, AND ORESICK, PETER (EDS.)
  (1995)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF LITERATURE BY WOMEN. SECOND EDITION.
  GILBERT, SANDRA M. & GUBAR, SUSAN (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
THE MUSE STRIKES BACK; A POETIC REPONSE BY WOMEN TO MEN. EDITED BY KATHERINE MCALPINE & GAIL WHITE.
  MCALPINE, KATHERINE (ED.)
  (1997)
 
FLORILEGIA: A RETROSPECTIVE CALYX.
  BERROW, DEBI (ED.)
  (1987)
 
CALYX, V10#2&3SP/87.
  (1987)
 
SATAN SAYS.
  OLDS, SHARON
  (1980)
 



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