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Straw for the Fire - by  Theodore Roethke (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Straw for the Fire - by Theodore Roethke (Paperback)

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  • "There are only two passions in art; there are love and hate--with endless modifications.
  • About the Author: Roethke (1908-1963) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for The Waking, and received the National Book Award for Words for the Wind in 1957.
  • 256 Pages
  • Poetry, American

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About the Book



"American poetry could not have evolved as it did without Theodore Roethke." -Bloomsbury Review



Book Synopsis




"There are only two passions in art; there are love and hate--with endless modifications."--Theodore Roethke


At his death, Theodore Roethke left behind 277 spiral notebooks full of poetry fragments, aphorisms, jokes, memos, journal entries, random phrases, bits of dialogue, commentary, and fugitive miscellany. Within these notebooks, Roethke allowed his mind to rove freely, moment by moment, moving from the practical to the transcendental, from the halting to the sublime.


Fellow poet and colleague David Wagoner distilled these notebooks--twelve linear feet of bookshelf--into an energetic, wise, and rollicking collection that shows Roethke to be one of the truly phenomenal creative sources in American poetry.


From "A Psychic Janitor"


I'm sick of fumbling, furtive, disorganized minds like bad lawyers trying to make too many points that this is an age of criticism: and these, mind you, tin-eared punks who couldn't tell a poem from an old boot if a gun were put to their heads . . .
Cover art by United States Poet Laureate Ted Kooser.



About the Author



Roethke (1908-1963) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for The Waking, and received the National Book Award for Words for the Wind in 1957. He was a demanding and beloved teacher who taught at many colleges and universities, including Lafayette, Penn State, Bennington, and the University of Washington. David Wagoner was a student, friend, and colleague of Theodore Roethke's. He is the author of over a dozen books of poetry and fiction, a longtime editor at Poetry Northwest, and Professor of English at University of Washington.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.02 Inches (H) x 6.08 Inches (W) x .81 Inches (D)
Weight: .89 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Theodore Roethke
Language: English
Street Date: November 1, 2006
TCIN: 1012544822
UPC: 9781556592485
Item Number (DPCI): 247-53-8136
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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