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A Study Guide for Joel Brouwer's "Last Request (Exactly What Happened)," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
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A Study Guide for Joel Brouwer's "Last Request (Exactly What Happened)" - Gale
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Last Request
Joel Brouwer
1999
Introduction
When Joel Brouwer’s Last Request
was published in his first (and only, to date) collection Exactly What Happened in 1999, it was one among many poems that surprised readers with a macabre subject and somewhat bizarre humor. With poem titles such as Former Kenyan Parliament Member Arrested for ‘Imagining the Death’ of President Daniel Arap Moi,
Astronomers Detect Water in Distant Galaxy,
and Locking Up the Russian,
Brouwer shows his audience up front that he is not afraid to break the rules of formal or expected
poetry. His work tackles any and all topics, and Last Request
is a good example. Its subject is not only strange and funny but frightening and tragic as
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