Danger, Man Working: Writing from the Heart, the Gut, and the Poison Ivy Patch

by Michael Perry

Book Overview

"Every writer has advice for aspiring writers. Mine is predicated on formative years spent cleaning my father's calf pens: Just keep shoveling until you've got a pile so big, someone has to notice. The fact that I cast my life's work as slung manure simply proves that I recognize an apt metaphor when I accidentally stick it with a pitchfork. . . . Poetry was my first love, my gateway drug--still the poets are my favorites--but I quickly realized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870208403
• ISBN13: 9780870208409
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"