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- Title
'My Heavy Daughter': John Berryman and the Making of The Dream Songs.
- Authors
Mariani, Paul
- Abstract
A critique is presented of the poetry book "The Dream Songs" by American author John Berryman, focusing on the author's living situation, family relationships, and mental state while writing the poems in 1962. The poem's rejection by "The New Yorker" magazine is mentioned, as well as Berryman's correspondence with friends such as Catharine Carver from the magazine "New World Writing." Berryman's drinking and his teaching work at the University of Minnesota are also mentioned.
- Subjects
DREAM Songs, The (Book); BERRYMAN, John, 1914-1972; AMERICAN authors; UNIVERSITY of Minnesota; POETS' correspondence; 20TH century American poets; POETS; PSYCHOLOGY; UNIVERSITY faculty; ALCOHOL drinking
- Publication
Kenyon Review, 1988, Vol 10, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0163-075X
- Publication type
Poetry Review