| A Handbook for Writers: New & Selected Prose Poems Contributor(s): Rutsala, Vern (Author) |
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ISBN: 1893996727 ISBN-13: 9781893996724 Publisher: White Pine Press (NY) OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2004 Annotation: "Sounding at times like plot summaries of stories by John Cheever that Cheever never got around to writing and at other times like witty fables, or meditations on the tricks of language, Vern Rutsala's wonderful prose paragraphs are at all times rewarding journeys into the inner life, the secret life of three o'clock in the morning, when everyday defeats acquire a weird glamour and heroism."-Charles Baxter Vern Rutsala, a professor at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, has published nine previous collections of his poetry. He has won numerous prizes for his work, including the Juniper Prize, and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Oregon Masters and the National Endowment for the Arts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2003116769 |
| Series: Marie Alexander Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.84" W x 9.24" (0.43 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sounding at times like plot summaries of stories by John Cheever that Cheever never got around to writing and at other times like witty fables, or meditations on the tricks of language, Vern Rutsala's wonderful prose paragraphs are at all times rewarding journeys into the inner life, the secret life of three o'clock in the morning, when everyday defeats acquire a weird glamour and heroism.--Charles Baxter Vern Rutsala, a professor at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, has published nine previous collections of his poetry. He has won numerous prizes for his work, including the Juniper Prize, and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Oregon Masters and the National Endowment for the Arts. |