American Analects: Poems

by Gary Young

Book Overview

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"