That self-forgetful perfectly useless concentration /

This book looks at the role of conventions, of literary and social norms, in how we fashion our identities on and off the page, and how suffering both requires and resists self-expression. The author sketches affectionate portraits of his early teachers, revisits the deaths of his brother and sister...

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Main Author:	Shapiro, Alan, 1952- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Subjects:	Shapiro, Alan, > 1952- Poetry.