Baetens, Jan. Poetry performed: The problem of public reading. Lafayette: University of Louisiana Lafayette Press, 2022. This text explores some of the academic discussion surrounding the public performance of poetry. While his analysis is mostly focused on literary circles, his ideas have bearing on how students are taught to read poetry aloud.
Creely, Edwin. “‘Poetry Is Dying’: Creating A (Re)New(Ed) Pedagogical Vision for Teaching Poetry.” The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy 42, no. 2 (2019): 116–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03652031. Creely argues the importance of teaching poetry in the classroom, while also providing comprehensive ideas on pedagogical methods that invest students meaningfully in the process of both analyzing and writing poetry.
Daniel, Julia E. Building natures: Modern american poetry, Landscape Architecture, and City Planning. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2018. Daniel explores how poets have considered the intersection of the natural world and urban planning, especially the city park.
Fisher, Maisha T. Writing in Rhythm: Spoken word poetry in urban classrooms. New York: Teachers College Press, 2007. Fisher’s book covers useful strategies for engaging students in writing creatively.
Jocson, Korina M. “‘There’s A Better Word’: Urban Youth Rewriting Their Social Worlds through Poetry.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 49, no. 8 (2006): 700–707. https://doi.org/10.1598/jaal.49.8.6. Jocson focuses on the urban classroom and encouraging students in the pursuit of social justice and the exploration of identity through art.
Jusslin, Sofia, and Heidi Höglund. “Arts‐based Responses to Teaching Poetry: A Literature Review of Dance and Visual Arts in Poetry Education.” Literacy 55, no. 1 (2021): 39–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12236. The authors explore how art can be used as an effective tool in the teaching of poetry.
Kinloch, Valerie F. “Poetry, Literacy, and Creativity: Fostering Effective Learning Strategies in an Urban Classroom.” English Education 37, no. 2 (2005): 96–114. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40173175. Another useful resource and required reading for teachers working in urban school districts.
Mickelson, Nate. City poems and American Urban Crisis 1945 to the present. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. Mickelson’s analysis forms the basis of the “political” urban poem as seen in the unit. He emphasizes how poetry can be used to institute meaningful political change.
Oliver, Douglas. Poetry and narrative in performance. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989. A more linguistic approach, useful for considering how poetry is spoken aloud.
Pocock, J. G. A. “Verbalizing a Political Act: Toward a Politics of Speech.” Political Theory 1, no. 1 (1973): 27–45. http://www.jstor.org/stable/191074. Pocock was used in reference to how speech is inherently political.
Sharpe, William. Unreal Cities: Urban Figuration in Wordsworth, Baudelaire, Whitman, Eliot and Williams. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 1990. Sharpe provides essential insight into the genre of the urban poem in poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Stovall, David. “Urban Poetics: Poetry, Social Justice and Critical Pedagogy in Education.” The Urban Review 38, no. 1 (2006): 63–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-006-0027-5. Builds upon the other literature in this bibliography on poetry education in urban districts.
Versluys, Kristiaan. The poet in the city chapters in the development of urban poetry in Europe and the United States (1800 - 1930). Tübingen, Netherlands: Narr, 1987. A more focused exploration of the urban poem considered alongside the Industrial Revolution.
Wheeler, Lesley. Voicing American poetry: Sound and performance from the 1920s to the present. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2008. Wheeler’s work formed the basis for the consideration of poetic voice in this unit.
Williams, Raymond. The country and the city. London: Vintage, 2016. Williams explores how the distinction between town/country came to be in English literature, and is an excellent tool in analyzing urban poetry.