Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke 1943-63

by Theodore Roethke

Book Overview

"American poetry could not have evolved as it did without Theodore Roethke." -Bloomsbury Review

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556592485
• ISBN13: 9781556592485
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Unbelievable collection.

This book is the most incredible collection of random scribbling I will ever find. This, Roethke's 'Collected Poems' and Camus' 'Lyrical & Critical Essays' comprise my collection of most sacred books. The outstanding feature of Straw for the Fire is that the scribblings are so overwhelming emotionally. Roethke is one of the most underrated poets to ever exist, and his talent is so obvious by this book of spur the moment thoughts and unfinished poems. If you love Roethke's work -- any or all of it -- this is a must-have. It says so much about him as a poet, a human being, someone whose confusion and awe of life are so charismatic. His weakness and strength shows plainly and beautifully in this incredible collection.

scribbles by themselves can be wondrous things.

i first saw this book in the hands of a boy who admired the brevity and stark reality of these words. these lingering tangents are for readers who sometimes admire just the leaves rather than the whole tree.