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My Life by Water
Last updated: 02/19/07
Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970) was the shy daughter of a carp fisherman, and mother that went deaf. She lived much of her life along the flooding Rock River, in a barren cottage without electricity or running water. Lorine grew up on Blackhawk Island, near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, while writing fierce poetry. She worked as a cleaning woman in a local hospital, and unknown to most of her acquaintances, notable poets worldwide admired her, such as Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, Cid Corman, Basil Bunting, Adrienne Rich and Louis Zukofsky. With the sights and sounds of her rustic environs as frequent metaphors, Niedecker’s poetry explored issues of gender, domesticity, and sexual politics long before modern feminism.
Running time: 00:07:55
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Resource Type:
Learning Module
Subjects (Level One): Language Arts,
Information and Technology Literacy
Subjects (Level Two): History,
Literature,
Educational media,
Multimedia education,
Technology
Grade Levels: Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Higher Education, Adult / Continuing Education
| Information and Technology Literacy A.4.1 A.4.2 A.4.4 A.8.1 A.8.2 A.8.4 A.12.1 A.12.4 B.4.3 B.8.3 B.12.3 D.4.2 D.4.3 D.8.2 D.8.3 D.12.2 D.12.3 |
| Language Arts A.12.1 A.12.2 A.12.3 A.12.4 C.12.2 D.12.1 E.12.1 |
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Friends of Lorine Niedecker
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Creator: Brent Notbohm, Nicholas Langholff, and The Friends of Lorine Niedecker
Keywords: Lorine Niedecker, poet, Wisconsin, poem
Duration: 7:55
Format: Web page, Quicktime video, Realvideo stream, Windows Media video
Languages: English
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