Jon Davis

Broschiertes Buch

Excruciating Bliss

Beschreibung

The era of optimism and widespread prosperity that defined the United States since the end of World War II is grinding to a halt just as James is struggling to finish college. His dream of making a stylish life in the city isn't going as planned. Debt is beginning to mount as he longs for fun and escape. It isn't until he befriends a mysterious young woman who shares many of his tastes does he begin to believe things are turning around. She is Loren Anders, an heir to a global finance empire and aspiring fashion model. She is buoyant and fun, something James has longed to be. Quickly he is enveloped in to her chic world of travel and excess. But as the Great Recession approaches, Loren's realm of opulence begins to unravel. James is forced to recognize the true importance of the things he covets and discovers a path to fulfillment by putting aside the illusions that promised happiness.

Autor

Jon Davis is the author of five chapbooks and seven full-length poetry collections, including, most recently, Above the Bejeweled City (Grid Books, 2021). He has received a Lannan Literary Award, the Lavan Prize from the Academy of American Poets, and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. His poems have appeared in numerous anthologies, including Four Quartets: Poetry in the Pandemic; Photographers, Writers, and the American Scene; Poet's Choice; Sixty Years of American Poetry; The Best of the Prose Poem; No Boundaries: Prose Poems by 24 American Poets; and Telling Stories: A Writer's Anthology. His poems have been translated into Spanish, Arabic, KiSwahili, and Vietnamese. He taught creative writing and literature for thirty years, twenty-eight of them at the Institute of American Indian Arts. In 2013, he founded the Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing at IAIA, which he directed until his retirement in 2018. He served as the City of Santa Fe's fourth poet laureate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9781257750078
• ISBN-10: 1257750070
• Artikelnr.: 34616113