A River Remains
by Larry Smith
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9781933456287 |
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Press release, mailings, webpages, readings in Ohio
Review:
In A RIVER REMAINS Smith sets out to do what Rilke calls, [perhaps the most difficult of all talks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation'—the work of love. These poems look straight at the things we are most afraid of, and keeps with tenderness. . . .This book is a lesson in saying yes to life."
—Diane Gilliam Fisher, author of Kettle Bottom
"It is in the small quiet moments that Life gives up its meaning, and no one captures the gentle undercurrent of the bliss of life better than Larry Smith. . . .His poems are personal and modest, yet they radiate a universal voice. We can say when we have read his poems that there is a man who lives a deep and watchful life, a man who cares much." —Joel Rudinger, author of Lovers and Celebrations
Synopsis:
In these poems, the world is at once evanescent and permanent, always changing and yet always there. A collection of large scope built mostly from brief lyrics, narratives, and meditations, it stands as a compelling work from a distinguished author.
About the Author
Larry Smith is a poet, fiction writer, critic, biographer, and editor. A native of the industrial Ohio River Valley in Mingo Junction, Ohio, he taught for three decades at Firelands College of BGSU in Huron, Ohio, where he has lived with his wife, Ann, and their three children, now adults and parents themselves. In 2004 he co-edited with Ray McNiece the anthology America Zen: A Gathering of Poets, and in 2005 he co-edited with wife Ann, the anthology Family Matters: Poems of Our Families (both from Bottom Dog Press). He is the director of The Firelands Writing Center and of Bottom Dog Press. This is his eighth book of poems following Milldust and Roses: Memoirs (Ridgeway Press, 2001)
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9781933456287
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Wordtech Communications
- Author:
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Family Relationships
- Subject:
- American - General
- Subject:
- Personal Memoirs
- Subject:
- Single Author / American
- Subject:
- family, retirement, aging, cancer
- Subject:
- Midwest, Ohio River Valley, Lake Erie
- Publication Date:
- June 2006
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 236
- Dimensions:
- 9 x 6 x .5 in










