American Analects: Poems

by Gary Young

American Analects uses the Analects of Confucius as an inspiration to mediate upon the life, death, and the subsequent loss of the poet's influential, beloved mentor--the painter Gene Holtan. These poems are juxtaposed with poems about other losses--of parents, of friends and friends of friends. Some of these deaths were caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, others by age and the inescapable journey we all take. Still, this is not a dour book. Many poems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892555920
• ISBN13: 9780892555925
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Persea Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.1"