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"We all dream of finding the place we can be most ourselves, the landscape that seems to have been crafted just for us. The poet Paul Zimmer has found his: a farm in the driftless hills of southwestern Wisconsin, a region of rolling land and crooked rivers, "driftless" because here the great glaciers of the Patrician ice sheet split widely, leaving behind a heart-shaped area untouched by crushing ice.".
"After the Fire is the story of Zimmer's journey from his boyhood in Canton, Ohio, and his days as a soldier during atomic tests in the Nevada desert, to his many years as a writer and publisher, and the rural tranquillity of his present life. Zimmer juxtaposes timeless rustic subjects with flashbacks to key moments: his first and only boxing match, his return to the France of his ancestors, his painful departure from the publishing world after forty years.
These stories are full of humor and pathos, keen insights and poignant meditations, but the real center of the book is the abiding beauty of the driftless hills, the silence and peace that is the source of and reward for Zimmer's hard-won wisdom. Above all, it is a consideration of the ways that nature provides deep meaning and solace, and of the importance of finding the right place."--BOOK JACKET.
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American Poets, Biography, Country life, Homes and haunts, Intellectual life, Poets, American, Social life and customs, Homes, POETRY, Literary, American, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Manners and customs, General, Country life, united states, Wisconsin, social life and customs, Poets, biographyPeople
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After the Fire: A Writer Finds His Place
2002, University of Minnesota Press
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After the fire: a writer finds his place
2002, University of Minnesota Press
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