The father and mother of American poetry! That is what this pair have been called; see Ginsberg, along with Sharon Olds and Galway Kinnell singing their praises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M5O3_FYB4A This week we have explored “Song of Myself”, “The Brooklyn Ferry” and a host of poems by Emily Dickinson. The present such an astonishing difference in life-style and…
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Exploring Literature Week 2
We began this week’s session by looking at some of the amazing poetry and prose contributions that were made for the Clemente Anthology- Shifting Perspectives. Here are a few of these entries, introduced by the wonderful painting The Last Cuppa which we used on the front cover of the publication. The artist, Chris Barwick, a Mission Australia…
Clemente/Catalyst Students Go the NSW Art Gallery: The Links between Literature and Art!
One of the most exciting things I do several times each year is conduct literature students to the NSW Art Gallery to explore the ways in which paintings and sculptures can hugely expand our understanding of the way literature communicates meaning. One of my students (thank you Joey!) right at the start of our tour…
Michael Griffith: Home Page- Literature and Life Spring 2025 
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