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Michael Gole edited the blog post Toxic Masculinity in James Joyce’s “Counterparts” and J.M. Synge’s Riders to the Sea in the group Irish Studies: 7 years, 7 months ago
Mike Gole
Analytical Paper
August 7, 2015
Toxic Masculinity in James Joyce’s “Counterparts” and J.M. Synge’s Riders to the Sea
Toxic masculinity in Irish society at the turn of the 20th century manifested itself in several ways, including the desire to assert masculinity by fulfilling traditionally masculine roles,the fear of em…[Read more]
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Michael Gole wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies 8 years, 8 months ago
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Michael Gole wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies 8 years, 8 months ago
I was always excited for this trip, but I didn’t exactly know what to expect. I certainly expected to enjoy the non academic aspects of the trip, like the scenery, sight-seeing and pub culture, and I absolutely […]
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Michael Gole commented on the post, Saturday, 8 August: Bus to Dublin and Return Flights to US, on the site Irish Studies 8 years, 8 months ago
This entire experience was invaluable to me and indescribably fun. Academically, I obviously learned a lot. Having had an introduction to Yeats in Dr. Doggett’s Irish Literary Revival course last spring, the Yeats […]
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Michael Gole commented on the post, Interviews, on the site Irish Studies 8 years, 8 months ago
I interviewed an employee at a Cafe in Sligo.
Q. Where are you from?
A. I was born in Sligo, but lived in Brighton, England for twenty years. I left Ireland when I was 19 and returned about three years […] -
Michael Gole commented on the post, Interviews, on the site Irish Studies 8 years, 8 months ago
I interviewed a man in a pub in Dublin. Our group was sitting in a booth and he came up to us to ask if we had seen his phone. Greg had handed it in to the bar. He was so appreciative to have the phone back that […]
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Michael Gole commented on the post, Wednesday, 29 July: Yeats International Summer School Lectures and Seminar, on the site Irish Studies 8 years, 9 months ago
One of the biggest cultural differences I have noticed between New York and all of the cities we have visited in Ireland is how we approach drinking culture. In the U.S, especially in a college town, nothing is […]
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Michael Gole commented on the post, Sunday, 26 July: Bus to Sligo and Visit to Glenveagh Castle and Gardens, on the site Irish Studies 8 years, 9 months ago
Some stray thoughts after visiting Dublin and Derry. In Dublin, the people continued to be as friendly as they were in Galway. No one is hesitant to give directions or opinions on pubs or restaurants. I Derry, […]
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Michael Gole commented on the post, Sunday, 19 July: Bus Tour of the Burren, Cliffs of Moher, and Doolin, on the site Irish Studies 8 years, 9 months ago
I enjoyed our first days in Galway immensely. The things we saw were incredible, and the evenings were very fun. On the drive from Dublin to Galway, I noted that the scenery was very similar to that of Western New […]
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Michael Gole commented on the post, Thursday, 16 July 2015: Overnight Flight to Dublin, on the site Irish Studies 8 years, 9 months ago
I really am not sure what to expect in terms of cultural experience on this trip. The only other country I have visited was Japan, where I spent a week with a family in a rural town. That cultural experience was […]
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Kathryn Bockino commented on the post, In Response to Katie’s Poetry Reading Post, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 4 months ago
Hey Kallie!! I loved what you had to say, especially “I always found the most meaning in the parts that are usually ghosted over when said out loud.” I never really thought about that before, but I can definitely […]
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Kathryn Bockino wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 4 months ago
There are about four different drafts on my laptop of what I wanted to say for this post, but instead I’m just going to write what is on my mind right.now.
When we all shouted out ideas/things we have learned […]
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Kathryn Bockino commented on the post, Poetry Games/Voices in our Heads, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 4 months ago
I know this game quite well (and sometimes still play it at MiNT Magazine’s writing workshop). It’s a lot of fun AND informative as you stated! So much can happen in a single line of a poem, shifting the entire […]
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Kathryn Bockino wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 5 months ago
Ever since we heard Cate Marvin read her poetry aloud I have obsessively been looking up videos of poets I love to hear/see them read their poetry as well. I recently found a cool series of videos of Gabrielle […]
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Kathryn Bockino commented on the post, T. Trosey–The Man, The Legend/How I Fell in Love with Poetry, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 5 months ago
Oh Christina how I loved this post!!!! You are so right, in every school there is a teacher like this. Reading your post made me smile the entire time. The teacher at my school who inspired my love of English was […]
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Kathryn Bockino commented on the post, Gettin’ Inside a Book Reviewer’s Head, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 5 months ago
Really great article! I can’t believe he gets 25 books A DAY in the mail….I love to read but I can’t image waking up each morning to that! Also it makes sense that he doesn’t review a (good) friend’s book. […]
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Kathryn Bockino commented on the post, History facts as poetry prompts!, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 5 months ago
I totally understand what you mean! I love random “fun” facts. Something that drives my housemates nuts is when I walk into a room and shout my “fun” fact of the day (sometimes they’re real, and sometimes they’re […]
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Kathryn Bockino commented on the post, Process Behind Writing “Old School”, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 5 months ago
I remember your piece very well from nonfiction last semester! It was so great and unique; such a fascinating topic to write about. Thank you for sharing some more about your project though, since I had forgotten […]
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Kathryn Bockino wrote a new post on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 5 months ago
We’ve kind of dabbled with this topic in class, but now it has truly hit me how different poetry is when one reads it, versus when one hears it aloud. I was awestruck listening to Cate Marvin today. Each and every poem of hers sent goosebumps up and down my skin. I loved the way her inflection would change with each individual word, and how one could immediately tell what the tone of the poem was. It was so amazing to hear her voice speed up, slow do, and pause. Listening, I could close my eyes and watch the scenes and images she was describing float so perfectly and effortlessly in my mind.
Later in the day, still obsessed with her and her poems, I was Googling around when I found this. Two of her poems were on this website. Even though I already heard them each aloud, I quickly wanted to read them again.
The one that really struck me is the one below.
High School: Industrial Arts
The lesson today is: someone always gets hurt.
Will it be you or another fool? This is a choice.
We provide the tools and materials. The saws,
the wood, nails, and supervision. Fall not now
in love, for it is merely a distraction from your
assignment. Now, create this uninspired name
plaque, build stacks of unstable shelves, lament
your lack of craft as the heat of your lust forms
in vaporous pools on the floor just below your
work table. You thought this class would mean
an easy credit. Welcome to our workhouse. No
one leaves this building whole. Consider now
how this building’s roof’s akin to the lid of a jar,
tightly screwed, and you’re the inhabitant within,
you’re scrabbling at its glass, yet we’ve punched
no holes in that aforementioned lid. Now, make
something! Make something no one can use that
no one wants. Don’t ask why. It builds character.
Someday you’ll look back on these days fondly.
Here are your goggles. There’s the eye-rinsing
station. No, this is not art! Ladies, stand back!
We don’t want you cutting those pretty fingers
off or sawing yourselves in half. This is a man’s
work. You, wipe that smirk off your face. Last
thing I need is one you girls dying on my watch.When I read it in my own head, I realized I did things a little bit differently. I paused at areas Cate didn’t, I let certain words linger on my tongue that she trailed right through, and I didn’t read it in that stern, schoolteacher voice. In my mind I read it with a softer, gentle warning tone. Isn’t that interesting? It made me wonder if Cate would be okay with this happening to her work when I read it to myself. And no matter whether I read it in my mind, or hear the poem aloud, I still adore it. I truly, absolutely love it. But it’s so different now, like there is a part one and a part two. I love how she read it to us, but at the same time I like my reading of it as well.
I really believe all poetry (or any writing) should be “performed,” not just read. In 7th grade I was accepted to Stony Brook University’s Young Writers Workshop. At the end of the week we had the opportunity to read what we wrote aloud in front of our families, friends, and other adult writers who just were finishing up their own workshop. All week I had been stressing about how my short fiction story was not as well written as others that were going to be shared. I was terrified to share mine since (at that age) I thought I would be laughed off the stage. When it finally was the day of the reading I remember other kids rushing through their great stories, and no one getting a chance to truly enjoy them. I knew how beautiful they were, and it saddened me that the audience didn’t get a chance to really immerse themselves in them. When it was my turn, I almost thought of it as acting out a performance. I wasn’t just reading my story aloud, but presenting a moment in time for the people listening to get lost in. I had to read slowly, clearly, and make the people want to hear more (I feel so corny writing this). After I finished reading, I remember getting so many compliments on my story from people. Even though I don’t think I had written the best story, by taking my time “performing” it I was able to intrigue the audience.
I feel like I got off on a little tangent here (like most of my blog posts end up doing), but the point is reading a poem aloud versus in one’s head can make it almost like a different piece. I feel like it’s so important for a writer to read whatever it is he/she wrote aloud for everyone to hear so the audience knows how the writer envisioned it would be. However, reading in one’s own head gives the reader the chance to interpret certain elements how they chose to do so.
I hope this made sense guys! I guess I just had a lot to say on this topic?
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Kathryn Bockino commented on the post, Children’s Books: Poetry? Prose? Narrative? Oh My!, on the site The Contemporary Poem 9 years, 5 months ago
Great post! I remember a few weeks ago talking to you about this, and I definitely agree that picture books are very close to (if not already) poetry. Reading that one stanza (or whatever one should call it), […]
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