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by: Denise Levertov
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780811213370
ISBN: 0811213374
Label: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Manufacturer: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 148
Publication Date: 1996-10
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Sales Rank: 1042051
Studio: New Directions Publishing Corporation
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prose memoirs
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Rating: - uniquely styled memoir
Published at author's age of 70, this collection of biographical vignettes feels to this reader like the happy work of a person who has lived fully, loved vigorously, and perceived every detail along the way. How fortunate to be able, in one's golden years, to look back with such wonder, sympathy, and good humor.
This short but powerful work absolutly enchanted this reader. The chapters are sometimes confessional, sometimes an homage to a person long gone, and always full of wonder and ... Read More
Rating: - Pictures of the gone world.
Tesserae is a collection of short prose works by renound poet/activist Denise Levertov. Usually, I find the recorded childhood/family memories of someone else either to personal to them to be really relevant to me or to sticky-sweet with nostalgia to be palatable in a long-term sense. Tesserae navigates these obstacles with admirable poise. Rather than creating a picture of her family for me to glance at cusorily, Levertov creates a landscape in which I can wander and linger at my leisure. The ... Read More
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