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Jennifer Grotz: The Window At Night

Jennifer Grotz: The Window At Night. By: Rylie Moore. A Good Poem. This poem is better than others I read because it makes sense, and has a lot of meaning in it.

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Jennifer Grotz: The Window At Night

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  1. Jennifer Grotz: The Window At Night By: Rylie Moore

  2. A Good Poem • This poem is better than others I read because it makes sense, and has a lot of meaning in it. • Grotz is talking about something in her poem that is still occurring today. So that makes the poem feel a little bit deeper to the reader. • The poem is only reflected on a social aspect of how the world reacts today, so there is no historical or religious aspect in the poem. • Although this poem is good in my opinion, I also like it. For me to like a poem, it has to have meaning but has to be read thoroughly to find it. • The music today makes no sense most of the time, or has no background to why it was written. This poem actually is the total opposite of the music that is written today.

  3. Behind the poems… • Jennifer Grotz was born in 1971 (42 years old) • Poet, translator who teaches English, Associate Professor at the University of Rochester, an editor for Born Magazine, and the assistant director of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. • Grew up all around Texas, but lives in France and Poland part of the year for her poetry, and currently lives in Rochester, NY. • She has degrees varying from BA, MA, MFA, and PhD.

  4. Awards & Accomplishments • 2007: Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award • 2007: Camargo Fellowship, Cassis, Fance • 2007: Fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center • 2007: New Writing Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers • 2005: Inprint/James Michener Fellowship from the University of Houston • 2004: Texas Institute of Arts and Letters: Natalie Ornish Poetry Prize for Best First Book • 2004: Individual Artist Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston • 2003: American Translators Association, Student Translation Award • 2002: Katherine Bakeless Nason Poetry Prize • 2002: Prague Summer Program Fellowship in Poetry • 2001: Individual Artist Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commission • 1997: Fellowship in Poetry from Literary Arts, Inc.

  5. The 1970’s: The Poet’s Life • Historically: People were fighting for rights, protesting against war, and President Nixon coming close to impeachment. • Culturally: Hippie age, Women’s Rights, practically a make-over in clothes, food, and dance. • Socially: Women’s Rights are increasing, Environmentalism growing, Civil Rights, and Youth Suffrage.

  6. The 1970’s: The Poem • Historically: The poem talks about how people don’t stand up for themselves anymore, they just let people assume things about each other without even speaking. • Culturally: Grotz says that times have changed, and are still changing. It’s as if everyone is erasing the past, and starting over. • Socially: The poem is saying that everything is changing, and everyone is being affected by it.

  7. Works Cited • www.americasbesthistory.com • www.wikipedia.com • www.history.com • www.galegroup.com • Jordan

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