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Danger: Man Working: Writing from the Heart, the Gut, and the Poison Ivy Patch

Paperback • 2017 • English

Danger: Man Working: Writing from the Heart, the Gut, and the Poison Ivy Patch

By Michael Perry

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About the book

"Every writer has advice for aspiring writers. Mine is predicated on formative years spent cleaning my father's calf pens: Just keep shoveling until you've got a pile so big, someone has to notice. The fact that I cast my life's work as slung manure simply proves that I recognize an apt metaphor when I accidentally stick it with a pitchfork. . . . Poetry was my first love, my gateway drug--still the poets are my favorites--but I quickly realized I lacked the chops or insights to survive on verse...Show more

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ISBN

9780870208409

Publisher

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Published year

2017

Language

English

Original title

Danger: Man Working: Writing from the Heart, the Gut, and the Poison Ivy Patch

Format

Paperback

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