The Life and Poetry of Ted Kooser Stillwell Hardback John Wiley & Sons

The Life and Poetry of Ted KooserAuthor(s): Mary K. Stillwell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: Bison Books\nISBN-13: 9780803243866, 978-0803243866\nSynopsis\nLike a flash of lightning it came to himthe unathletic high school student Ted Kooser saw a future as a famous poet that promised everything: glory, immortality, a bohemian lifestyle (no more doing dishes, no more cleaning his room), and, particularly important to the lonely teenager, girls! Unlike most kids with a sudden ambition, Kooser, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and thirteenth poet laureate of the United States, made good on his dream. But glory was a long time coming, and along the way Kooser lived the life that has made his poetry what it is, as deeply grounded in family, work, and the natural world as it is attuned to the nuances of language.\nJust as so much of Kooser's own writing weaves geography, history, and family stories into its measures, so does this.