The Life and Letters

by Irving Feldman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226240688
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	10/17/1994
Series:	Phoenix Poets , #1994
Edition description:	1
Pages:	111
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

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

Editorial Reviews

Thirty-seven poems, many of which have appeared in publications including Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, Nation, Paris Review, and Grand Street. Titles include: The Life and Letters, The Affair, In the Manger, No Big Deal, She Knows, Terminal Laughs, and Small Talk for a Sage. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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