William Trowbridge

Old Guy (eBook, ePUB)

Superhero: The Complete Collection

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"When has geezerhood been handled so appealingly? . . . A true American hero is born." -Albert Goldbarth, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Saving Lives Meet Oldguy: your regular aging superhero whose powers have dwindled over the years, and whose very mechanics are seriously fizzling. In seriocomic misadventures, Oldguy valiantly attempts to continue his former heroism in a somewhat wry version of Faulknerian endurance, defeating his enemies time and again-if not through superhuman abilities, then at least by "outliving the sons-a-bitches." With its comic book-style illustrations, Oldguyinhabits a space all to itself-not strictly a poetry collection, not quite a graphic novel, but a hybrid sure to delight. "An exhilarating read that I didn't want to put down except to laugh and to shake my seventy-eight-year-old head in admiration." -Ron Koertge, author of Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Red Hen Press
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781597098427
• Artikelnr.: 57963706

Autorenporträt

A former Poet Laureate of Missouri, William Trowbridge is the author of six full poetry collections and three chapbooks. His new collection, Tilt-A-Whirl, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press in 2016. His awards include an Academy of American Poets Prize, a Pushcart Prize, a Bread Loaf Writers' Conference scholarship, a Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award, and fellowships from The MacDowell Colony, Ragdale, Yaddo, and The Anderson Center. He lives in the Kansas City area.