John Koethe
Autor de North Point North: New and Selected Poems
Sobre El Autor
John Koethe is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the first Poet Laureate of Milwaukee
Créditos de la imagen: By John Koethe - John Koethe, CC BY 1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4508982
Obras de John Koethe
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Koethe, John
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1945-12-25
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- San Diego, California, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- San Diego, California, USA
- Ocupaciones
- dichter
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
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Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 14
- También por
- 14
- Miembros
- 259
- Popularidad
- #88,671
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 38
- Favorito
- 2
There is a lot of Ecclesiastes here.
It feels as if I know a lot about Koethe after reading this collection--although his is not at all what I would call autobiographical or confessional poetry, it is strongly of a specific time and place, and it describes the historic circumstances of Koethe's life, and it uses the benchmarks and collective memories of people of his age and times. His experience is more refined and more erudite than mine, but recognizable as a history shared. There is a clearness of vision about the past, free of nostalgia, yet full of love.
I feel this poet would be a good friend of mine, if I had the privilege of knowing him, and although I don't have any friends currently who own even one navy blazer.… (más)