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Overview"Some men make so indelible a mark on the lives of others that a place in time is reserved for them. In this memorial volume, some whose lives have been touched by such a man share their thoughts and memories of the poet, translator, editor, teacher, student, father, son, and husband they knew as John Ciardi. X.J. Kennedy and Lewis Turco discuss Lives of X, a neglected American classic, which chronicles the years Ciardi spent growing up in Medford, Massachusetts, studying at Tufts, and serving as a gunner in World War II. Richard Eberhart remembers Ciardi's unforgettable presence, while John Holmes and Roy W. Cowden remember him as a brilliant student and poet at Tufts and at Michigan, where he won the Avery Hopwood Award. Others remember him as a teacher at Harvard and Rutgers. Dan Jaffe writes, ""If John Ciardi held to any cause, it was the notion of precision, to an uncompromising excellence, to the notion that to strive was in itself not enough that one needed to judge honestly, to assess courageously, and to respond without flinching."" William Heyden and Norbert Krapf tell how the books I Marry You and How Does a Poem Mean? influenced them as young men. In ""john Ciardi: the Many Lives of Poetry,"" John Nims claims Ciardi as our Chaucer. John Williams, Maxine Kumin, Diane Wakoski, and John Stone write about the Ciardi they knew at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Gay Wilson Allen describes the list of contributors to Measure of the Man as a ""Who's Who"" in American literature. Certainly it is an impressive gathering of poets, critics, and friends who have been touched by John Ciardi. ""We are all in his debt,"" Norman Cousins writes in his essay ""Ciardi at The Saturday Review,"" ""and it is important that we say so.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Ciardi , Vince ClementePublisher: University of Arkansas Press Imprint: University of Arkansas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 2.00cm Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9780938626800ISBN 10: 0938626809 Pages: 246 Publication Date: 28 February 1987 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |