Swimming Laps in August: And Other Poems - Couverture rigide

Barlow, James Stanley; Barlow, Stanley

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0738835935 ISBN 13 : 9780738835938

Editeur : Xlibris, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Barlow James Stanley Barlow Stanley

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The author says of this collection:

"My poems are my life on paper, in snapshots of course. I try to recapture the emotions of remembered scenes and to render them with a moderately subdued passion. And from my earliest days I muse--sometimes philosophically. Actually, I have long withheld some of these poems, fearing they are a little too personal, but with age comes loss of inhibition, perhaps a discreet loss. I hold hands with the child in me, youth, . . . all the me's, none of which vanishes from whatever I am. Not that I am proud of all of them, but I may be more accepting of them now than I sometimes was."

Barlow looks back on careers as WWII celestial navigator in the Air Force (in service, 1943-6), Presbyterian minister (1950-), and educator. Now, an emeritus professor of philosophy (College of Staten Island) City University of New York (retired in 1995), he was a professor of religion at Columbia University, 1966-72, and also served as a dean of summer session at the University of Minnesota, 1964-66, and Columbia, 1966-71, as Associate Dean of Faculty, at Staten Island Community College, a predecessor to the College of Staten Island, 1972-76. Earlier, he served as a campus minister, in Eugene Oregon (1954-60) and in Pittsburgh, Pa. (1960-62), and still earlier, as parish minister in New York, Tennessee, and Alabama. In 1950-51, he taught English literature at East Tennessee State University, in his hometown.

He has written poems since boyhood. Here he has selected over seventy and in some cases re-edited them. The themes include love and marriage, parenting, one's own childhood, and life in community. There are poems about love and desire, elegies, and questionings--that are sometimes philosophical.

Here are a few excerpts:--About an eleven month old son: "He salutes me and gives me a smile like /eternal blessing and a handful of straw /he has pulled from the broom."

Biographie de l'auteur

James Stanley Barlow grew up in Johnson City, Tennessee. He and his wife Nell live in Leonia, N.J. and Bradenton FL. They have four children and eight grandchildren. A retired professor of philosophy (City U. of NY), he looks back on careers as air force navigator during WWII, Presbyterian minister, and college educator. His Ph. D. is from the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland. His collection of poems Swimming Laps in August . . . was published In 2001. Besides poetry, his writings include The Fall into Consciousness: "An Essay on Religion and Psychology."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Xlibris
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0738835935
• ISBN 13: 9780738835938
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 108
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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