The Renegade by Charles Simic
In these essays, Charles Simic delves into the lives and work of poets, novelists, artists, and playwrights, beginning with his own experiences before turning to those of Christopher Marlowe, Odilon Redon, W. S. Sebald, Louise Glu]ck, and many more. Throughout he celebrates the renegade spirit, whether it inspires a rogue ant to depart from his prescribed path or a poet to write unfashionably honest verse.Simic brings the personal worlds of each writer and artist to life, discussing their friends, homes, influences, and the rooms that shaped their outlooks. His portraits urge the reader to regard writers and artists as protean, fallible men and women rather than as immutable icons, and he reveals the key turning points in the creative lives of his subjects, noting their creative failures as often as he does their successes. He is unflinching in his analyses of even the most beloved cultural figures, following his enthralling praises with unforgettable, piercing critiques.-
New and Selected Poems
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Thomas Campion
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Selected Poems of Charles Simic
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The Voice at 3:00 A.m.
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Selected Poems, 1963-1983
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Roll Call of Mirrors
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That Little Something
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Jackstraws
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The Monster Loves His Labyrinth
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Scribbled in the Dark
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The Life of Images
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The Lunatic
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Aunt Lettuce, I Want to Peek Under Your Skirt
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Charles Simic
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A Fly in the Soup
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Night Picnic
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Charles Simic: Selected Early Poems
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Abelardo Morell - Face to Face
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Come Closer and Listen
Charles Simic is a poet, essayist, and translator who was born in Yugoslavia in 1938 and moved to America in 1954. He has produced twenty books of poetry, a memoir, the essay collection The Life of Images, and various books of translations since 1967, for which he has won numerous literary accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize, the Griffin Prize, the MacArthur Fellowship, and the Wallace Stevens Award. Simic is a regular writer to The New York Review of Books and was named United States poet laureate in 2007. He is an emeritus professor at the University of New Hampshire and a distinguished visiting writer at New York University, where he has taught since 1973.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780807615942 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807615943 |
| Title | The Renegade |
| Author | Charles Simic |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | George Braziller |
| Year published | 2009-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 223 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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