The life and poetry of Ted Kooser
By: Mary K. Stillwell
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780803243866
Subjects: Poets laureate; Criticism and interpretation; Biography; American Poets
Description: Just as so much of Kooser's own writing weaves geography, history, and family stories into its measures, so does this first critical biography consider the poet's work and life together: his upbringing in Iowa, his studies in Nebraska with poet Karl Shapiro as mentor, his career in insurance, his family life, his bout with cancer, and, always, his poetry. Combining a fine appreciation of Kooser's work and life, this book finally provides a fuller and more complex picture of a writer who, perhaps more than any other, has brought the Great Plains and the Midwest, lived large and small, into the poetry of our day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chronology; title: Growing up in Iowa, 1939-1963; title: Official entry; title: An emerging imagination; title: Summers in paradise; title: Looking the part; title: King, a dog of the north; title: Moving Gibraltar; title: Nebraska apprenticeship, 1963-1969; title: The move to Nebraska; title: Journey to a place of work; title: Official entry blank; title: Running on empty; title: The shepherd's new song, 1970-1979; title: A local habitation & a name; title: Singing the shepherd's song; title: Not coming to be barked at; title: "Walking home to you"; title: American scripture, 1980-1994; title: Sure signs; title: Common ground; title: One world at a time; title: Weather central; title: "Feeling the speed," 1995 today; title: "Lights on a ground of darkness"; title: Winter morning walks; title: Local wonders; title: Delights & shadows; title: "The ripening odor of praise"; title: "Bright yellow leaves flying".