May Sarton

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Coming into Eighty (eBook, ePUB)

Poems

Beschreibung

In May Sarton's seventeenth and final collection of poetry, the writer reflects on life, aging, and mortality Coming into Eightypresents a poet's look at age. Herein, Sarton gives readers a glimpse into her quotidian tasks, her memories, her losses, and her triumphs. The volume explores topics ranging from the war in Iraq to the struggle of taking a cat to the vet. Dark and immediate, this work catalogues both the tedium and the splendor of life with equal wit and beauty. Winner of the Levinson Prize.

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Autor

May Sarton (1912-1995) was born on May 3 in Wondelgem, Belgium, and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her first volume of poetry, Encounters in April, was published in 1937 and her first novel, The Single Hound, in 1938.Her novels A Shower of Summer Days, The Birth of a Grandfather, and Faithful Are the Wounds, as well as her poetry collection In Time Like Air, all receivednominations for the National Book Award. An accomplished memoirist, Sarton came out as a lesbian in her 1965 book Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing. Her memoir Journal of a Solitude(1973) was an account of her experiences as a female artist.Sarton spent her later years in York, Maine, living and writing by the sea. In her memoir Endgame: A Journal of the Seventy-Ninth Year(1992), she shares her own personal thoughts on getting older. Her final poetry collection, Coming into Eighty, was published in 1994.Sarton died on July 16, 1995, in York, Maine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media
• Seitenzahl: 70
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781480474314
• Artikelnr.: 44627830