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Just Past Labor Day: Selected And New Poems, 1969-1995 (Western Literature Series)
Kirk Robertson
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Description for Just Past Labor Day: Selected And New Poems, 1969-1995 (Western Literature Series)
Paperback. This collection of poems, selected from Robertson's large oeuvre and recent uncollected work, expresses the realities of life in the modern American West; its irony, disconnection, sadness and relentless quest for meaning and a sense of place. Series: Western Literature Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Kirk Robertson, according to critic William Kittredge, is ""one of those writers we listen to with gratitude."" He is also one of Nevada’s best-known poets, and rightly so, because his lean verses powerfully express the realities of life in the modern West—its irony, disconnection, sadness, and relentless quest for meaning and a sense of place.
Robertson’s view is as vast as the landscape itself, and his voice echoes the place—laconic, authentic, rich in irony and the quiet strength of solitary men, full of the harshness and austere power of the High Desert.
This collection incorporates poems selected from ... Read more
Kirk Robertson, according to critic William Kittredge, is ""one of those writers we listen to with gratitude."" He is also one of Nevada’s best-known poets, and rightly so, because his lean verses powerfully express the realities of life in the modern West—its irony, disconnection, sadness, and relentless quest for meaning and a sense of place.
Robertson’s view is as vast as the landscape itself, and his voice echoes the place—laconic, authentic, rich in irony and the quiet strength of solitary men, full of the harshness and austere power of the High Desert.
This collection incorporates poems selected from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874172843
SKU
V9780874172843
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About Kirk Robertson
Kirk Robertson is program director for the Churchill Arts Council. He was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 1994 and is the author of over eighteen poetry books. He is the editor of neon: Artcetera from the Nevada State Council on the Arts and lives in Fallon, Nevada.
Reviews for Just Past Labor Day: Selected And New Poems, 1969-1995 (Western Literature Series)
“Just Past Labor Day not only illustrates his development as an artist but also reminds readers that Nevada’s loneliest roads are found in the heart and not the highway.” -Reno Gazette Journal “These poems go to the heart of the matter, privately but unabashedly. The urgent task now is finding once more our home among the elements. Kirk ... Read more