My article examines two post-9/11 American poems – “Towers Down” by Clive Matson and “When the World As We Knew It Ended” by Joy Harjo – against the background of neoliberalism in American society and the neoliberal global order. Neoliberalism both as a concept — which basically denotes open markets, free trade and minimal government interfere…[Read more]

My article examines two post-9/11 American poems – “Towers Down” by Clive Matson and “When the World As We Knew It Ended” by Joy Harjo – against the background of neoliberalism in American society and the neoliberal global order. Neoliberalism both as a concept — which basically denotes open markets, free trade and minimal government interfere…[Read more]

This article seeks to explore into the impact of 9/11 tragedy on the private lives of ordinary people and individuals and into the associated theme of identity crisis, as reflected in four important post-9/11 poems – “Someone Says They Looked Like Cartwheeling Birds” by Lyn Lifshin, “Making Love After September 11, 2001” by Aliki Barnstone…[Read more]

: This Article Aims To Challenge The Prevalent Assumptions That Postmodernism Is Something Completely Trivial And That 9/11 Engendered The Death Of It, Through Analysis Of Two Post-9/11 Poems – “High Haunts” By Tish Eastman And “The Dead Have Stopped Running” By Matthew Mason. While The Former Poem Reflects Liminality, The Latter Is In Keeping W…[Read more]