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Using letters as a way of speaking, Howard, a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, examines progressive education in poems set in the present but referencing the education he received in the 1940s. Howard's letter writer is smart and erudite, often to the point of hilarity as the narrator reveals his sixth-grade experiences upon learning about sexual intercourse, the dark side of nature, religion, self, and creativity....Log In or Sign Up to Read More