Surviving Polarity
Published on 3. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-947589-77-3 (ISBN)
Description
An anthology of poems and pictures written from the viewpoint of a bipolar poet covering topics such as psychotherapy, dreams, romance, whimsy, aging, philosophy, alienation, and the experience of writing poetry itself. Includes two appendices, one a collection of poems featuring the author's family members and one a collection of "Observations" which are basically plays on words.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
479 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-947589-77-3 (9781947589773)
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Joseph "Joe" Smith was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1952, the fifth of ten children. He studied business management at the University of Louisville, where he graduated with high honors in 1978. Simultaneously, Joe worked in the plastics industry. He continued his work in this industry for 34 years in various managerial positions in different locations throughout the United States. Joe currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky, having returned there in 2024 after an absence of forty-one years. During those forty-one years, he lived in California, North Carolina, and spent thirty years in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has two adult children who live in the greater Chattanooga area.