City Dog by Ws Di Piero
When a self-proclaimed 'lazy scholar' embarks on a trip through his life's influences - as diverse as girl-group doo-wop, Yeats, and Van Gogh - readers are in for an illuminating ride. This collection of essays from cultural critic Di Piero veers from his early years as the son of immigrants in Philadelphia to his working life in art, film, music, and poetry. Along with a few choice essays reprinted from out-of-print collections, Di Piero's new work shows him to be insightful about himself and his work in spite of his protestations against the 'boosterism' of autobiography.Through the lens of his sharp artistic analysis, readers see his story - an immigrant story filled with the music and mystery of a multilingual family, the men of his neighborhood wearing so many hats as they worked - as the auspicious beginning for his life of observation and revelation. His prose sings along, tripping across slang, poetry, and painters with the same precision that allows him to nearly dance about architecture. Though Di Piero would claim that his life's path 'lurches and swerves,' his essays prove that he has wandered expansively and with purpose - a city dog trotting across continents, along pages, and through galleries.
W. S. Di Piero is a professor of English and creative writing at Stanford University. His books include Out of Eden, Shooting the Works, and the poetry collections Brother Fire, Shadows Burning, and Skirts and Slacks. Bookforum, the New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, and Poetry have all featured his work. A regular contributor to Threepenny Review, he also writes a column on the visual arts for the San Diego Reader. He lives in San Francisco, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780810125162 |
| ISBN 10 | 0810125161 |
| Title | City Dog |
| Author | Ws Di Piero |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Northwestern University Press |
| Year published | 2009-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 196 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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