Writing Ann Arbor
A Literary Anthology
Published on 31. October 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-472-06899-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is a far-reaching collection of essays, poetry, fiction, and writing on Ann Arbor by some of the great thinkers and writers of the last two centuries. ""Writing Ann Arbor"" collects fiction, essay, poetry, memoir, and drama by Max Apple, Charles Baxter, Sven Birkerts, Donald Hall, Robert Hayden, Tom Hayden, Jane Kenyon, Thomas Lynch, Ross Macdonald, Frank O'Hara, Marge Piercy, Dudley Randall, Elwood Reld, Bob Ufer, Wendy Wasserstein, and Nancy Willard, among others. The anthology is eclectic and engaging, with many wonderful surprises: an essay on the Underground Railroad in Ann Arbor; on basketball legend Cazzie Russell; an essay by Arthur Miller; an excerpt from Joyce Carol Oates's ""All the Good People I've Left Behind""; a selection from ""Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table"" by food writer and ""Gourmet"" magazine editor Ruth Reichl; and much more. This is more than a series of portraits on Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan; it is a miniature time capsule, a look into the shifting cultural currents of the last two centuries from some of the greatest thinkers and writers of that time.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-472-06899-9 (9780472068999)
Person
Poet and literary scholar Laurence Goldstein is Professor of English at the University of Michigan and Editor of the Michigan Quarterly Review. He is the author of three books of poetry and several books of literary criticism, including The American Poet at the Movies.