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Bruce Henricksen

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Born

in Faribault, MN, The United States

Website

http://www.losthillsbks.com

Genre

Fiction, Poetry

Influences

James Wright--Charles Dickens--Jane Austen

Member Since

April 2013

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/brucehenricksen

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I was born in small-town Minnesota and went to school in Minneapolis. At UMN I studied under James Wright, whose poetry has been important in my life. His famous poem "The Blessing" describes a rural scene near the site of my childhood, and his Minneapolis poems opened my eyes to social issues of which I'd been unaware.

I went to U of Southern Cal for graduate school and then taught at Loyola University New Orleans, where I chaired the English Dept. and edited New Orleans Review. After a fight with throat cancer, I returned to Minnesota, where I write and run a one-person publishing venture called Lost Hills Books. Visit me at http://www.losthillsbks.com. ...more

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AMERICA

Sing to me, Sandy, of butterflies born
In the violet hills of spring.
Tell me of horses that nod their heads
As morning lifts its eye.
Say they're lovely as ghosts in the mist.
I don't give a damn if you lie.

This is a land where nothing is true;
Our kids go to school to die.
This is a place where life is for sale,
Where shame is what we inhale.

So please just sing me of amber grain
Or purple mountains, azur Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 18, 2013 08:03 • Tags: poem

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Average rating: 4.3 · 10 ratings · 2 reviews · 9 distinct works

	After the Floods 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Other World: Poems in Memory of James Wright by Bruce Henricksen (Goodreads Author), Robert Johnson 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crooked Miles, Woven World it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nomadic Voices: Conrad and the Subject of Narrative really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ticket to a Lonely Town 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reorientations: Critical Theories and Pedagogies by Bruce Henricksen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bruce Henricksen (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murray Krieger and Contemporary Critical Theory 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How a Lithograph is Made-and How Much It Costs 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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