Synopsis
In City Hat Frame Factory, Robert Cooperman shares with us the thorny world of a family millinery business in Manhattan in the 1960s, where, as a teenager, Cooperman learns not only the essentials of the industry, but also what it means to be a man. This is not only a coming-of-age book; rather the lively poetry unveils the best and worst in the workers who survive in a tough environment of alcoholism, unwanted sexual advances, and physical violence, offset by his father who works hard to provide for his family, but knows how to throw a punch when necessary. Despite the obvious tensions, Cooperman incorporates sufficient lightheartedness to amuse us: We prayed ladies would wear hats, / hats, and more hats, two, three / at a time . . . .
—Nancy Scott, author of Ah, Men
In this coming of age collection of poetry, Robert Cooperman takes the cockroaches, clattering machines and the sweltering heat of his father's entrepreneurial endeavor and produces brilliant light, sweet tenderness and startling beauty. City Hat Frame Factory is a lasting testament to father and son relationships, the dreams, disappointments and love that bind them together.
—James E Cherry, author of Loose Change
In the great tradition of working class poets like Poet Laureate Philip Levine, Robert Cooperman uses the story of his own family to tell the story of all our families and the work we do to survive and get to where we are. He tells us of the struggles of factory workers and secretaries and bosses in language that is direct and intimate and loving. This is a book we all need to read. Again and again.
—John Guzlowski, author of Echoes of Tattered Tongues
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À propos de l'auteur
Robert Cooperman earned a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. His many published collections include In the Colorado Gold Fever Mountains (Western Reflections Books), which won the Colorado Book Award for Poetry. The Widow’s Burden (Western Reflections Books), runner-up for the WILLA Award, from Women Writing the West. Little Timothy in Heaven was brought out by March Stress Press. He won the Holland Prize from Logan Street Books with My Shtetl. Most recently was Just Drive from Brick Road Poetry Press. Forthcoming from FutureCycle Press is Draft Board Blues. Cooperman lives in Denver with his wife Beth.
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City Hat Frame Factory
Vendeur : Revaluation Books, Exeter, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 122 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.28 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur zk1945752564
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