A Place To Read: Life And Books
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (883 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1459684230 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 324 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Richard Steiger said Books and the Man. When we call someone “bookish,” we’re usually thinking of the classic bookworm who encloses himself in a world separate from everyday life. I always think of that classic episode of “The Twilight Zone,” where Burgess Meredith wants nothing more out of life than the solitude he needs to read books in the library. (I’m sure . Bob Vickers said His passion for books is evident throughout this fascinating collection of essays and I heartily recommend Cohen’s book to any s. I don’t know if Michael Cohen drinks Dos Equis, but if and when he does, he may qualify as one of the most interesting men in the world. Cohen is a retired English professor, amateur astronomer, small plane pilot, long time birder, golfer, world traveler, and author. He has dealt with family tragedy and daunting health issues, spent seven months leisur
His essays - collected here in A Place to Read - have appeared in Harvard Review, Birding, The Humanist, The Missouri Review, and The Kenyon Review. He is the author of five books, including an introductory poetry text, The Poem in Question (Harcourt Brace, 1983) and an award-winning book on Shakespeare's Hamlet (Georgia, 1989). Since his retirement from university teaching, Michael Cohen has been writing pers
. About the Author Since his retirement from university teaching, Michael Cohen has been writing personal essays about his family, about lifelong pursuits such as golf and birding, about newer interests in flying and amateur astronomy, and above all about six decades of reading. He is the author of five books, including an introductory poetry text, The Poem in Question (Harcourt Brace, 1983) and an award-winning book on Shakespeare's Hamlet (Georgia, 1989). His essays - collected here in A Place to Read - have appeared in Harvard Review, Birding, The Humanist, The Missouri Review, and The Kenyon Review
In this essay collection, Michael Cohen tells us about his surprise encounter with the remains of Frida Kahlo, about his father's murder, and about his son's close shave with death on the highway. The tools of the writer's trade fascinate him as do eateries in his small college town, male dress habits, American roads, and roadside shrines. He lives on the Blood River in Kentucky when he is not in the Tucson Mountains.. But he asks difficult questions about how we are grounded in space and time, how we are affected by our names, how a healthy person can turn into a hypochondriac, and how we might commune with the dead. His subjects can be as commonplace as golfing with close friends, amateur astronomy, birding, or learning to fly at the age of sixty. And throughout he measures, compares and interprets his experiences through the lens of six decades of reading