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by Ted Kooser

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The stories of poet Kooser's family had been handed down orally until, as his mother lay ill and dying, he felt an urgency to write them down. With a poet's eye for detail, the author captures the beauty of the landscape and the vibrancy of his mother's Iowa family.

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Like the yellow, pink, and blue irises that had been transplanted from house to house over the years, the stories of poet Ted Kooser's family had been handed down until, as his mother lay ill and dying, he felt an urgency to write them down. With a poet's eye for detail, Kooser captures the beauty of the landscape and the vibrancy of his mother's Iowa family, the Mosers, in precise, evocative language. The center of the family's love is Kooser's uncle, Elvy, a victim of cerebral palsy. Elvy's joys are fishing, playing pinochle, and drinking soda from the ice chest at his father's roadside Standard Oil station. Kooser's grandparents, their kin, and the activities and pleasures of this extended family spin out and around the armature of Elvy's blessed life. Kooser has said that writing this book was the most important work he has ever undertaken because it was his attempt to keep these beloved people alive against the relentless erosion of time.

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  • Title Lights on a Ground of Darkness: An Evocation of a Place and Time
  • Author Ted Kooser
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Paperback
  • Pages 72
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bison Books, Lincoln
  • Publication date 2009-09-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780803226425 / 080322642X
  • Weight 0.2 lbs (0.09 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 4.4 x 0.3 in (19.81 x 11.18 x 0.76 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Poets, American - 20th century, Iowa - Social life and customs
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009007721
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2009, Page 22
  • Christian Century, 02/09/2010, Page 39
  • Foreword, 08/17/2009, Page 0

About the author

Ted Kooser, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and former U.S. poet laureate, is Presidential Professor of the University of Nebraska. He is the author of twelve books of poetry, including Valentines (Nebraska 2008) and The Blizzard Voices (available in a Bison Books edition). His award-winning prose book, Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps, is also available in a Bison Books edition.
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