After the fire : a writer finds his place

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After the Fire is the story of the poet Paul Zimmers journey from his boyhood in Canton, Ohio, and his days as a soldier during atomic tests in the Nevada desert, to his many years as a writer and publisher, and the rural tranquility of his present life. Zimmer juxtaposes timeless rustic subjects wi...

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Main Author: Zimmer, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2002
Subjects:
Zimmer, Paul > Homes and haunts > Wisconsin.
Poets, American > 20th century > Biography.
Country life > Wisconsin.
Wisconsin > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Wisconsin > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue : finding home
  • Strangers in friendly places
  • Trees
  • Sky
  • Poetry
  • Neighbors
  • Birds
  • Making poetry
  • Library
  • Insects and arachnids
  • Grasses, fruits, plants
  • Gardening
  • Coyotes, foxes, wolves
  • Taking a punch
  • Deer
  • The hunt
  • The blind world
  • Trouble
  • Dogs
  • Old jazz
  • Young jazz
  • Winter
  • The condition of my faith
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • The catcher
  • Dairy days
  • Autumn.

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