All Roads Go Where They Will

Phyllis Beck Katz

ISBN 10: 0984341889 / ISBN 13: 9780984341887

Published by Antrim House, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: All Roads Go Where They Will
• Publisher: Antrim House
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0984341889
• ISBN 13: 9780984341887
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.45 pounds

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Synopsis

In her first book, All Roads Go Where They Will, Phyllis Beck Katz moves from poems reflecting on the troubles of childhood to poems expressing joy in the natural world and the world of art. The book has a dark underside in which death, peril, and loss are faced head on, but in the end, joy and hope prevail. In the great Romantic tradition of Frost and Kunitz, Katz counters grief and despair with her ability to look beyond dark moments and treasure the gifts that life offers. As she says in the book's final poem addressed to her husband of many years, "to have held each other through times of / pain and darkness / will have been enough." And all of this occurs in verse that sings purely, gifting us with its elegant simplicity and natural philosophy: "I take the Hermit / Thrush as my philosopher, / sage bird who teaches me / with melody transcending thought." At the same time, the work of Phyllis Beck Katz rewards multiple readings with the richness of its undercurrents and the plenty of its mythical patterns.

About the Author

Phyllis Beck Katz received her B.A. in English from Wellesley College, her M.A. in Greek from UCLA, and her Ph.D. in Classics from Columbia University. She taught English and Classics at The University of Illinois, City University of New York, SUNY Purchase, the College of New Rochelle, and Miss Porter's School. Since 1993 she has taught at Dartmouth College, offering undergraduate classes in Classics as well as Women's and Gender Studies. She has also taught classes in poetry, cultural studies, and gender issues as part of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program. Her poems have appeared in many journals including The Connecticut River Review, The New England Anthology, Ekphrasis, Bloodroot Literary Magazine, and The Salon. She and her husband, Arnold, have four children and eight grandchildren. She has traveled extensively and enjoys cooking, biking, hiking, and bird-watching.