Random American Literature and Thoughts

I'm working on a critical analysis paper for my American Lit class, three pages of in-depth analysis over Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "Unguarded Gates". Kinda shocking how people used to view immigrants, saw them as lesser human beings coming to our country to ruin things. I certainly hope that in this day and age things are different. I'm glad that people took the time to write things down and express their feeling about these things in a creative manner, it's a good way to see how far we've come.

I wonder who will write the things that will be remembered of our time? There's the famous novelists and such but who'll write little poems like this? Who are the great poets of our time? Maybe I need to get out more or read more. I'd love to see some poems like "Unguarded Gates" that talk about what our country is going through now. What kind of literature will stem from our countries' current state? Or do people not do that any more, is it all lost out there in cyberspace, on a blog, in a video?