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Book

Essays after eighty

Call Number

  • 814 H1753 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

Physical Description

134 pages ; 22 cm

Uniform Title

Essays. Selections

Summary

A former poet laureate presents a new collection of essays delivering an unexpected view from the vantage point of very old age.

Contents

  • Out the window
  • Essays After eighty
  • A yeti in the district
  • One road
  • Thank you thank you
  • Three beards
  • No smoking
  • Physical malfitness
  • Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.
  • Death
  • On rejection and resurrection
  • Garlic with everything
  • A house without a door
  • Remains.

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