The Perfect Life: Lyric Essays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781936797363)

Poet and essayist Peter Stitt describes not a perfect life achieved, but his search for that ideal, writing of books he has loved and of the often difficult lives of writers, including his teachers John Berryman and James Wright. Generous and alert in his fascinations, Stitt explores the quest for freedom in thought and action among the Amish, the French partisans, and the "heretical" Cathars, and he offers a fresh perspective on parenting, meditating on the life of an adopted stepdaughter.

Author: Peter Stitt
ISBN-10: 1936797364
ISBN-13: 9781936797363
Publisher: Tupelo Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2013
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.41d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/11/2013
Foreword 02/27/2014