Sweet Lorain - Hardcover

Weigl, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810150530 ISBN 13: 9780810150539

Publisher: TriQuarterly, 1996

Synopsis

Winner of the 2006 Lannan Foundation Award for Poetry

As an elegist of the lives of those who have been changed by hardship and suffering, and especially by war, Bruce Weigl has become one of the most admired American poets of his generation. In this collection, he returns not only to Vietnam but to the Lorain, Ohio, of his youth. In his continued quest for emotional and spiritual enlightenment, Weigl writes about the connections between his childhood in a working-class world and the powerful effects of the American war in Vietnam on all of us.

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From the Back Cover

As an elegist of the lives of those who have been changed by hardship and suffering - especially by war - Bruce Weigl has become one of the most admired American poets of his generation. In this, his seventh book of poems, Weigl returns not only to Vietnam but to the Lorain, Ohio, of his youth. In his continued quest for emotional and spiritual enlightenment, Weigl writes about the connections between his childhood in a working-class world and the powerful effects of the American war in Vietnam on all of us. With his characteristic fluidity of syntax and strong metaphor, Bruce Weigl has created in Sweet Lorain a description of living one life in two vastly different worlds.

About the Author

Bruce Weigl (born January 27, 1949, Lorain, Ohio) is an American contemporary poet who teaches at Lorain County Community College. Weigl enlisted in the United States Army shortly after his 18th birthday and spent three years in the service. He served in the Vietnam War from December 1967 to December 1968 and received the Bronze Star .

About this edition

• Publisher: TriQuarterly
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0810150530
• ISBN 13: 9780810150539
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 68