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1 online resource (272 pages) |
Summary |
The author of the 1969 classic What I'm Going to Do, I Think and the acclaimed Beyond the Bedroom Wall begins his story by relating a near-death experience with a malfunctioning hay baler--the kind of mistake that can kill a novice farmer. This episode is the first skein in a rich tapestry of memories, from colorful snippets of Woiwode's time in New York as a young writer working with the late, great William Maxwell, to his days as a young father, husband, and teacher trying to scrape enough together to buy a ranch in western North Dakota, and finally to the prospect of an empty nest and the step from death that he finds rapidly approaching--From publisher description. |
Contents |
I: Reckonings -- In the lion's mouth -- A temporary escape -- Erasure -- Homestead -- Light in the land -- Sonship -- Child as father -- Interim -- The skinny -- The film hits -- II: Swing points -- Father as child -- In community -- A poet's place -- Not giving in -- Giving it away -- Nutshell kingdom -- In another place. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Subject |
Woiwode, Larry.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Woiwode, Larry.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Woiwode, Larry. (OCoLC)fst00076808
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Other Form: |
Print version: Woiwode, Larry. Step from death. Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, ©2008 1582433739 (DLC) 2007033248 (OCoLC)148873575 |
ISBN |
9781582439617 (electronic bk.) |
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1582439613 (electronic bk.) |
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