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Life Upon These Shores: Robert Hayden’s “Middle Passage”

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Lavelle

My latest essay, “Life Upon These Shores,” an analysis of Robert Hayden’s poem “Middle Passage,” has just been posted on the Poetry Foundation site. Click over there and check it out.

2 thoughts on “Life Upon These Shores: Robert Hayden’s “Middle Passage””

Heber Taylor on November 13, 2015 at 11:30 pm said:

Thanks for an excellent essay on one of America’s finest poets. Well done!

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- Lavelle on November 14, 2015 at 12:06 am said:
  
  Thank you so much for reading it! Hayden’s a great poet, and I’m happy to see so many people interested in his work.
  
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