Nostalgia's Thread: Ten Poems on Norman Rockwell Paintings

Randall R. Freisinger

Accessible and engaging, the poems in Randall R. Freisinger's Nostalgia's Thread are provocative reconsiderations of the American experience as depicted in ten of Norman Rockwell's best known paintings. Arguably the only serious collection of poems inspired by Norman Rockwell's images, they were conceived just prior to the attacks of September 11, 2001, and written in their wake. These poems remind us that visual art is never static, the beholder's eye never innocent. They bear witness to the fact that each cultural era must inevitably reinterpret its rich artistic inheritance within the context of its current collective experience. With unflinching honesty and deep compassion, these poems present a personal and collective past which is both comforting and disturbing, both 'nostalgia's thread' and 'the barbed wire / of memory.'

Published by Hol Art Books 13496_b089e507a2dd6d3b118ac90ce5432fd8sm36x36

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