In John Updike's Room: New and Selected Poems

by Christopher Wiseman

Chris Wiseman stayed at the Marine Hotel in North Berwick, Scotland, in 2000, about eighteen months after the American novelist John Updike. Wiseman believes he stayed in the same room as that in which Updike is reported to have watched High Society (1956). Here Wiseman collects his best work, alongside a section of new and previously unpublished poetry. Described by Lee Shedden of The Calgary Herald as `a testament to a lifetime of dedication to the poet's craft,' In John Updike's Room won the City of Calgary's W.O. Mitchell Award in 2006.

Genres: Poetry

224 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 2005

Reviews

[Donniesands · Rating 5 out of 5]

Christopher Wiseman has a very clear style that tries to reach you on an emotional level so you feel what he feels. There is a sense of wonder about nostalgia and our modern past in many of his poems. I would recommend this to anyone who likes modern poetry that tells a good story and makes you feel the words.