Poetry's Possible Worlds

by Lesley Wheeler

In her debut essay collection, award-winning poet and critic Lesley Wheeler tells the story of her father's unraveling. While she studies poetry in New Zealand on a Fulbright fellowship, his dishonesty smashes her parents' marriage and destroys their savings. Nothing is resolved, even after his death. The past and present keep shifting.

Reading contemporary poetry helps Wheeler negotiate the crisis. Cognitive scientists use the term "literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943981221
• ISBN13: 9781943981229
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Tinderbox Editions
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"