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Lights on a Ground of Darkness: An Evocation of a Place and Time - Ted Kooser
Lights on a Ground of Darkness: An Evocation of a Place and Time
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Like the yellow, pink, and blue irises that had been transplanted from house to house over the years, the stories of poet Ted Kooser’s family had been handed down until, as his mother lay ill and dying, he felt an urgency to write them down. With a poet’s eye for detail, Kooser captures the... show more
Like the yellow, pink, and blue irises that had been transplanted from house to house over the years, the stories of poet Ted Kooser’s family had been handed down until, as his mother lay ill and dying, he felt an urgency to write them down. With a poet’s eye for detail, Kooser captures the beauty of the landscape and the vibrancy of his mother’s Iowa family, the Mosers, in precise, evocative language. The center of the family’s love is Kooser’s uncle, Elvy, a victim of cerebral palsy. Elvy’s joys are fishing, playing pinochle, and drinking soda from the ice chest at his father’s roadside Standard Oil station. Kooser’s grandparents, their kin, and the activities and pleasures of this extended family spin out and around the armature of Elvy’s blessed life. Kooser has said that writing this book was the most important work he has ever undertaken because it was his attempt to keep these beloved people alive against the relentless erosion of time.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780803226425 (080322642X)
ASIN: 080322642X
Publisher: Bison Books
Pages no: 72
Edition language: English
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5.0 Lights on a Ground of Darkness: An Evocation of a Place and Time
What to say. Kooser is one of, no...there can be no question...my favorite poet, living or dead. As strange as it would assuredly sound to him, a consideration one is forced to take when discussing the living, Mr. Kooser is one of the very few people I'd call a hero of mine. Certainly the only one l...
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