Invisible Perspectives: Levertov’s Focus on The Freeing of the Dust

Abstract
This presentation will combine both Levertov’s poetry and research on veteran homelessness. In The Freeing of the Dust, Levertov depicts the lives of the Vietnamese natives and how their lives significantly changed during and after the Vietnam War. Levertov exposes the lives of the people left in (and returning to) a broken country (both Vietnamese and American veterans). Some research that will be presented will include the implications of the lack of aid (both monetary and mental) for veteran reintegration.
Presenter Biography
Jason Silveira is a graduate student in the English and Writing Studies dual MA program at California State University, Stanislaus. Professionally, he serves as the lead Writing Proficiency Teaching Associate at his Writing Center. His current research interests include classroom assessment models, specifically labor-based and engagement-based grading contracts, and depictions of trauma within twentieth-century realist and modernist literature. Upon completion of his degrees, he plans to pursue a PhD.