Sam’s Book

Sam’s Book

Author: David Ray

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2012-01-11

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 0819572950

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When Sam Ray was killed at nineteen in an accident, his father began writing poetry dedicated to his memory. Sam's Book is a collection of these elegies and other poems written during Sam's lifetime. "How should I mourn?" David Ray asks. By recalling poignant events from the past he transcends his grief. He remembers Sam's first bath, a "holy/Rite"; tying the shoelaces of the "little man"; traveling to Greece, where Sam is "the first&…/to see the holy moon." With painful wit and regret he summons up the image of his son's blue Toyota, fastidiously transformed by Sam and his girlfriend into a "love nest." Ray muses on what he taught Sam and what Sam taught him. Originally published in 1987, Sam's Book won the 1988 Maurice English Poetry Award.


From Mt. San Angelo

From Mt. San Angelo

Author: William Smart

Publisher: Associated University Presses

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780845345085

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From Mt. San Angelo is a book-length anthology of new writing. All of the fiction, poetry, and essays in this volume, edited by William Smart, director of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), are being published here for the first time.


International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004

International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004

Author: Europa Publications

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 9781857431797

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Accurate and reliable biographical information essential to anyone interested in the world of literature TheInternational Who's Who of Authors and Writersoffers invaluable information on the personalities and organizations of the literary world, including many up-and-coming writers as well as established names. With over 8,000 entries, this updated edition features: * Concise biographical information on novelists, authors, playwrights, columnists, journalists, editors, and critics * Biographical details of established writers as well as those who have recently risen to prominence * Entries detailing career, works published, literary awards and prizes, membership, and contact addresses where available * An extensive listing of major international literary awards and prizes, and winners of those prizes * A directory of major literary organizations and literary agents * A listing of members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters