A review by jbogerhawkins
Harvest Poems: 1910-1960 by Mark Van Doren, Carl Sandburg

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

This is a very intriguing volume of poems that spans the first half of the 20th century- Sandburg is clearly a progressive with an internationalist bent, so it’s interesting to see how he covers traditionally patriotic subjects (wwI, the death of presidents, etc.) in a way that’s not edgy per se  but also not like “yay war!!!” A lot of it is specifically about the midwest, which doesn’t hit for me, but if you love Chicago I think it would be worth a read for the Chicago poems alone.