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Download or read book Early Morning written by Kim Stafford and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prolific writer, famous pacifist, respected teacher, and literary mentor to many, William Stafford is one of the great American poets of the 20th century. His first major collection--Traveling through the Dark--won the National Book Award. William Stafford published more than sixty-five volumes of poetry and prose and was Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress--a position now know as the Poet Laureate. Before William Stafford's death in 1993, he gave his son Kim the greatest gift and challenge: to be his literary executor. In Early Morning, Kim creates an intimate portrait of a father and son who shared many passions: archery, photography, carpentry, and finally, writing itself. But Kim also confronts the great paradox at the center of William Stafford's life. The public man, the poet who was always communicating with warmth and feeling--even with strangers--was capable of profound, and often painful silence within the family. By piecing together a collage of his personal and family memories, and sifting through thousands of pages, of his father's daily writing and poems, Kim illuminates a fascinating and richly lived life.
Download or read book Ask Me written by William Stafford and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In our time there has been no poet who revived human hearts and spirits more convincingly than William Stafford." —Naomi Shihab Nye Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life. —from "Ask Me" In celebration of the poet's centennial, Ask Me collects one hundred of William Stafford's essential poems. As a conscientious objector during World War II, while assigned to Civilian Public Service camps Stafford began his daily writing practice, a lifelong early-morning ritual of witness. His poetry reveals the consequences of violence, the daily necessity of moral decisions, and the bounty of art. Selected and with a note by Kim Stafford, Ask Me presents the best from a profound and original American voice.
Download or read book The Way It Is written by William Stafford and published by . This book was released on 1998-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems by twentieth-century American poet William Stafford, featuring unpublished works from his last year of life, including the poem he wrote the day he died, and providing selections drawn from throughout his career, from the 1960s through the 1990s.
Book Synopsis Understanding William Stafford by : Judith Kitchen
Download or read book Understanding William Stafford written by Judith Kitchen and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kitchen (English, SUNY-Brockport) views Stafford's works chronologically, identifying themes and techniques, considering his prose writings and career as a teacher, and offering a comprehensive reassessment of Stafford as a major and distinctive poet of the second half of the century. 5x7 Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Writing the World by : Judith Kitchen
Download or read book Writing the World written by Judith Kitchen and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent introduction for readers coming to Stafford for the first time and a valuable overview of the work for the many readers already familiar with his poetry, this book offers the best single guide to one of the most respected and celebrated poets of our time.
Book Synopsis You Must Revise Your Life by : William Stafford
Download or read book You Must Revise Your Life written by William Stafford and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Included in the book are a selection of Stafford's poetry on the subject of writing, and an essay on the origins and influences of his art."--Page 4 of cover.
Book Synopsis Every War Has Two Losers by : William Stafford
Download or read book Every War Has Two Losers written by William Stafford and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2003 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born the year World War I began, acclaimed poet William Stafford (1914-1993) spent World War II in a camp for conscientious objectors. Throughout a century of conflict he remained convinced that wars simply don't work. In his writings, Stafford showed it is possible--and crucial--to think independently when fanatics act, and to speak for reconciliation when nations take sides. He believed it was a failure of imagination to only see two options: to fight or to run away. This book gathers the evidence of a lifetime's commitment to nonviolence, including an account of Stafford's near-hanging at the hands of American patriots. In excerpts from his daily journal from 1951-1991, Stafford uses questions, alternative views of history, lyric invitations, and direct assessments of our political habits to suggest another way than war. Many of these statements are published here for the first time, together with a generous selection of Stafford's pacifist poems and interviews from elusive sources. Stafford provides an alternative approach to a nation's military habit, our current administration's aggressive instincts, and our legacy of armed ventures in Europe, the Pacific, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and beyond.
Book Synopsis Even in Quiet Places by : William Stafford
Download or read book Even in Quiet Places written by William Stafford and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ninety poems gathered from four privately printed limited editions are now available to the general public. Stafford's poems demonstrate his profound understanding of freedom and social justice while showing us ways to establish harmony in our own lives.
Book Synopsis Traveling Through the Dark by : William Stafford
Download or read book Traveling Through the Dark written by William Stafford and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Crossing Unmarked Snow by : William Stafford
Download or read book Crossing Unmarked Snow written by William Stafford and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays, interviews, and poetry by revered poet and teacher William Stafford
Book Synopsis On William Stafford by : Tom Andrews
Download or read book On William Stafford written by Tom Andrews and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1995-03 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary writers and critics trace the achievement of William Stafford and his influence on contemporary poetry.
Book Synopsis We Belong in History by : Ooligan Press
Download or read book We Belong in History written by Ooligan Press and published by . This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We Belong in History celebrates William Stafford’s life as a writer, teacher, and Poet Laureate of Oregon. This collection presents excellent student writing inspired by his work, a selection of Stafford’s work, and three sets of lesson plans written by teachers. This allows teachers everywhere to inspire their own students to write in response to Stafford’s work. With an introduction by current poet laureate of Oregon, Paulann Petersen, teachers, student writers, Stafford-admirers, and poetry readers will enjoy We Belong in History’s celebration of the joy of writing.
Book Synopsis Writing the Australian Crawl by : William Stafford
Download or read book Writing the Australian Crawl written by William Stafford and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stafford's advice to beginning poets has become a favorite text in writing programs
Book Synopsis The Darkness Around Us is Deep by : William Stafford
Download or read book The Darkness Around Us is Deep written by William Stafford and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 1993 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems deal with parents, Western landscapes, Native Americans, peace, childhood, nature, and the past.
Book Synopsis Stories that Could be True by : William Stafford
Download or read book Stories that Could be True written by William Stafford and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1977 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Learning to Live in the World by : William Stafford
Download or read book Learning to Live in the World written by William Stafford and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of fifty poems which reflect the ways in which we relate to the world around us.
Book Synopsis The Bell and the Blackbird by : David Whyte
Download or read book The Bell and the Blackbird written by David Whyte and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry, including a chapter of blessings and prayers, a section of small, haiku-inspired poems, and an homage to Pulitzer Prize-winner poet Mary Oliver. The sound / of a bell / still reverberating. Or a blackbird / calling / from a corner / of a / field. Asking you / to wake / into this life / or inviting you / deeper / to one that waits. Either way / takes courage, / either way wants you / to be nothing / but that self that / is no self at all.
