A Year in the Life of Death: Poems Inspired by the Obituary Pages of the New York Times

by Shawn Levy

Book Overview

When Shawn Levy had the notion to write a poem each day for a year, inspired by the obituary pages of The New York Times, he had no way of knowing that the year in question, 2016, would claim so many of the world's most iconic figures. His project became, in effect, a vehicle for surveying the breadth of the twentieth century: Titans from all fields of endeavor, lives that contained one quirky but insoluble achievement, and people who had special...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938753410
• ISBN13: 9781938753411
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University of Hell Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"