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This Death by Drowning
The first volume in William Kloefkorn's four-part memoir which, when completed, will cover the four elements: water, fire, earth, and air.that gradually gather irresistible force and authority.
Paperback, 155 pages
Published
February 1st 2001
by UNP - Bison Books
(first published 1997)
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An elegant, moving little book from a recent state poet of Nebraska that reflects the author's fascination and intense personal involvement with waters big and small, from farm ponds to the South Pacific. The author finds magic in other liquids, too, chief among them cow's milk, but it is water--and the dangers it can pose--that is Kloefkorn's theme, both literary and actual. At the age of six, he fell into Harold Simpson's cow- pasture pond in south-central Kansas and nearly drowned. A few year...more
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Water, water everywhere. Her beauty, her creation, her hazards and dangers. She is life sustaining. She is recreation. She is a quest.
Stories to follow a story. Each interesting scene leading to another. Remminding the reader of one's own life. How it parallels with he author's.
If you are writing your own journal you will soon beleive your own stories can be told with description and intrigue. He can make a chapter about a chip of ice interesting and smooth.
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Stories to follow a story. Each interesting scene leading to another. Remminding the reader of one's own life. How it parallels with he author's.
If you are writing your own journal you will soon beleive your own stories can be told with description and intrigue. He can make a chapter about a chip of ice interesting and smooth.
Recently mo...more
Kloefkorn is Nebraska's state poet, and This Death by Drowning is his memior. Well, part of his memior anyway... These are all stories of his life that are centered, in some way around water. I believe he has two other memiors written and is writing a fourth, so when he's finished, he will have centered on all four elements: water, fire, earth and air.
Perhaps not riveting, it was at least an interesting read. Some of it covers his childhood in Kansas and some of his adult life in Nebra...more
Perhaps not riveting, it was at least an interesting read. Some of it covers his childhood in Kansas and some of his adult life in Nebra...more
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William "Bill" Kloefkorn was a Nebraska poet and educator based in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was the author of twelve collections of poetry, two short story collections, a collection of children's Christmas stories, and four memoirs. Additionally Kloefkorn is professor emeritus of English at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Kloefkorn, who was born in Attica, Kansas, obtained Bachelor...more
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