Bill McGlothing

Broschiertes Buch

The Time Between Rivers

Beschreibung

THE TIME BETWEEN RIVERS encompasses half a century of writing, teaching, and finding sanctuary in rivers. Bill McGlothing has a keen eye for the striking detail, whether that be a snake's slithered trail etched in sand or the bowl of a smoker's pipe in Jerusalem "stained with fading paint / of rich forest birds / and smears of nicotine." We visit literal rivers in this collection of poetry and essays, but McGlothing also floats us down time's river, from his first, eye-opening teaching gig to his last class, from childhood memories to wry takes on aging. The stops along the way-"the time between"- offer rich, eclectic portraits of the natural world, relationships, and classroom experiences. McGlothing's writing, at times witty and often poignant, is packed with intricate language and powerful imagery.

Autor

Bill McGlothing painted houses, laid adobe bricks, and drove a beer truck before putting his degrees from Luther College and the University of Oregon to use when he started his teaching career on the Alamo Navajo Reservation in 1976. He taught at Zuni, Jemez, and Laguna Pueblos and several Apache Reservations in New Mexico and Arizona, including Jicarilla, Mescalero, and White Mountain. Other teaching gigs took him to both maximum and minimum security prisons in Texas, and to community colleges in New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas. For thirty-nine years, he taught freshman English, literature, and creative writing. He's been writing poetry even longer, with publications in Blue Mesa Review, Midwest Quarterly, Southwest: A Contemporary Anthology, and elsewhere. McGlothing grew up in Gurnee, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and now lives in southwest Kansas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 237g
• ISBN-13: 9781387650231
• ISBN-10: 1387650238
• Artikelnr.: 65846394