Description
In this lyrical memoir, a celebrated poet revisits his childhood as the son of a Presbyterian minister serving struggling congregations in industrial New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Against a backdrop of coal soot, poverty, family history, and changing American communities, he traces the experiences and encounters that shaped his imagination and artistic life. Moving between recollection, place, language, and the influence of mentors abroad, the book explores how memory gradually reveals the hidden connections within a life. Reflective, atmospheric, and finely observant, it offers an intimate portrait of a writer learning to see the world—and himself—with deeper clarity.
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paperback
H. Holt
Published Jan 1, 1994
236 pages
ISBN: 0805028714
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First Published
1982
Language
eng
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