When Our Fathers Return to Us As Birds

Fans of Markus's work and all of those who are caring for dying parents or grieving their loss will find comfort, kinship, and appreciation in this honest and beautiful collection.

About the author

Peter Markus is the author of six books of fiction, including The Fish and the Not Fish, which was named a Michigan Notable Book in 2015, and co-editor with Terry Blackhawk of To Light a Fire: 20 Years with the InsideOut Literary Arts Project (Wayne State University Press, 2015). Markus is the senior writer with InsideOut Literary Arts and is on the faculty at Oakland University, where he teaches creative writing. In 2012 he received a Kresge Arts in Detroit fellowship in Literary Arts.

Summary

In his debut book of poems, Peter Markus tunes his eye and ear toward a new world, a world where father is the new brother, a world where the father's slow dying and eventual death leads Markus, the son, to take a walk outside to "meet my shadow in the deepening shade."

Product details

• Authors: Peter Markus
• Publisher: WAYNE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780814348505
• ISBN: 978-0-8143-4850-5
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: Made in Michigan Writers; Made in Michigan Writers Series
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama