University of Chicago Press, 1994 Cloth: 978-0-226-24067-1 | Paper: 978-0-226-24068-8 Library of Congress Classification PS3511.E23L5 1994 Dewey Decimal Classification 811.54
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
In poems whose subjects range from theme parks to late-night radio, the aftermath of the Holocaust to television, The Life and Letters represents a celebrated poet-scholar at the height of his art.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Irving Feldman, Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at the State University of New York, Buffalo, is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently of Teach Me, Dear Sister (1983) and All of Us Here (1986, 1991).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
The Dream
The Life and Letters
Immortality
Street Scene
The Runners
Warm Enough
Only Then
Story
The Affair
Variations on a Theme by May Swenson
The Little Children of Hamelin
Malke Toyb
The Knot
In the Manger
Good Morning America
Outrage Is Anointed by Levity
No Big Deal
In Theme Park America
The Celebrities
Interrupted Prayers
West Street
The Girlfriend
Even in Eden
She Knows
Widow
After Empires
In the Mental Ward
The Labyrinth
Poem of the Old Avant-Garde
Adventures in the Postmodern Era
WWI (Writing While Under the Influence)
Terminal Laughs
Kiss and Tell
Small Talk for a Sage
How Wonderful
Fragment
Entrances