For Dear Life

In For Dear Life, with accessibility, wit, and humor, Ronald Wallace evokes a wide variety of subjects that range from the traditional themes of lyric poetry--love, death, sex, the natural world, marriage, birth, childhood, music, religion, art--to the most unexpected and quirky narratives--an ode to excrement, a catalogue of comic one-liners, a celebratory testimonial to his teeth.

About the author

Ronald Wallace is the author of numerous books of poetry, including, most recently, For a Limited Time Only. He is codirector of the creative writing program, Halls-Bascom Professor of English, and Felix Pollak Professor of Poetry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Summary

With accessibility, wit, and humour, poet Ronald Wallace evokes a wide variety of subjects that range from the traditional themes of lyric poetry - love, death, sex, the natural world, marriage, birth, childhood, music, religion, art - to the most unexpected and quirky narratives - an ode to excrement, a catalogue of comic one-liners, a celebratory testimonial to his teeth.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Wallace
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780822963868
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6386-8
• No. of pages: 88
• Weight: 159 g
• Series: Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies