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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452209603321

Autore

Zimmer Paul

Titolo

After the fire [[electronic resource] ] : a writer finds his place / / Paul Zimmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8166-9408-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

811/.54

B

Soggetti

Poets, American - 20th century

Country life - Wisconsin

Electronic books.

Wisconsin Intellectual life 20th century

Wisconsin Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

After the Fire is the story of the poet Paul Zimmer's 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 with flashbacks to key moments: his first and only boxing match, his return to the France of his ancestors, his painful departure from the publishing world after forty years. These stories are full of humor and pathos, but the real center of the book is the abiding beauty of the driftless hills, the



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Record Nr.

UNISA996210971503316

Titolo

Public administration quarterly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Randallstown, Md., : Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, 1983-

ISSN

2327-4433

Disciplina

350/.0005

Soggetti

Public administration

Politics and government

Periodicals.

Southern States Politics and government Periodicals

Southern States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed