Hum Summary
Ann Lauterbach

Everything you need to understand or teach Hum by Ann Lauterbach.

  • Hum Summary & Study Guide

Hum Summary

“Hum” is the title work of Ann Lauterbach's 2005 poetry collection published by Penguin. The poem is deceptively simple; it is composed of short lines, everyday words, and seemingly innocuous images of the sky and weather. Through its circuitous framework and tangible sense of bewilderment, however, “Hum” presents a visceral eyewitness reaction to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center, in New York City, where Lauterbach then lived and worked.

The...

(read more from the Study Guide)

Study Pack

The Hum Study Pack contains:

Hum Study Guide