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- Meatballs for the People: Proverbs to Chew On is a collection of witty and digestible aphorisms for our times.
- Author(s): Gary Soto
- 158 Pages
- Poetry, General
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Meatballs for the People: Proverbs to Chew On is a collection of witty and digestible aphorisms for our times.Book Synopsis
Meatballs for the People: Proverbs to Chew On is a collection of witty and digestible aphorisms for our times.Review Quotes
"Gary Soto presents succinct verbal tidbits in the form of mini-poems composed of one to three (occasionally a couple more) lines of which the shortest approach proverbial character with their metaphors and structures, to wit 'A sliver gets all the attention' and 'If you eat the bagel / The hole will disappear.' Others change well-known proverbs into anti-proverbs as 'There are other fish / In the sea / But some are sharks.' But the vast majority of these proverbial meatballs are the poet's own wit meant to be food for thought about the human condition with its ever recurring ups and downs. Some of these unique insights like 'A social climber / Brings his own ladder' and 'No more sharing / When your best friend dies' might well or should become the wisdom of the people by gaining acceptance and currency in general parlance."--Wolfgang Mieder, University Distinguished Professor of German and Folklore at the University of Vermont
Dimensions (Overall): 6.0 Inches (H) x 4.1 Inches (W) x .3 Inches (D)
Weight: .2 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 158
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: General
Publisher: Red Hen Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Gary Soto
Language: English
Street Date: October 10, 2017
TCIN: 1005136190
UPC: 9781597096010
Item Number (DPCI): 247-27-8664
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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