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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Ted Kooser; Ted Kooser; Ted Kooser |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ted Kooser |
| ISBN: | 9780803226425 080322642X |
| OCLC Number: | 312096467 |
| Notes: | "A special limited edition of this volume was first published in cloth by the University of Nebraska Press in 2005"--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | 60 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Ted Kooser. |
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"Written in a prose as spare as a winter sunset, [Lights on a Ground of Darkness] is an elegy, not just for Kooser's forebears but for all of us."--David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times "Kooser gratefully squeezes every drop from his memories of these long-departed people and what they told him of even longer-departed forebears... A tiny gem of remembrance that resonates with certain passages of Willa Cather, James Agee, and Wendell Berry."--Ray Olson, Booklist "In this brief book, just 72 pages long, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U.S. poet laureate describes his family in precise, evocative prose."--Publishers Weekly "Kooser's book is a gift--his irises are open wide, and his book will open those of his readers, to fully appreciate the fragility of life and a family's love."--Dan Coffey, ForeWord "I recently transplanted the tubers of some of my grandmother's prize-winning irises from her Nebraska garden into my backyard; her garden is diminishing now, as she cannot care for it as she once did. Kooser's book reminds me why I love irises above all flowers--they are as frivolous as any other flower, I suppose, but they are packed with history, because they multiply and the only way to keep them thriving is to divide and share them. When irises bloom, they are young again, just as the people Kooser writes about are when he shares his precise observations. Any reader who has ever considered writing his own family history can read Lights on a Ground of Darkness and be inspired."--Jenny Shank, NewWest.com Read more...
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