
She loved American literature, however, and she was wildly enthusiastic about Huckleberry Finn (apparently is was almost as good as Valley of the Dolls) and Walt Whitman. She told us that Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls was the greatest American novel ever written it had been published the previous year. Prince, was a larger-than-life character who spoke in breathless superlatives and occasional exuberant shouts. I first read Spoon River Anthology in high school, junior year, in fact, the year we all took American literature (paired with American history). Alfred Prufrock” or “ The Hollow Men” or “ Four Quartets.” My answer would be Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950). If you asked me my favorite poem or collection of poems, my answer would not be “ The Love Song of J.

If you asked who my favorite poet is, I wouldn’t hesitate in my answer: T.S.
