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Last Happy Occasion

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ISBN-10: 0226750361

ISBN-13: 9780226750361

Edition: 1997

Authors: Alan Shapiro

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The Last Happy Occasion is the coming-of-age story of an American Jew and aspiring writer in the sixties and seventies. In this memoir in six movements, Alan Shapiro recalls how poetry helped him make sense of his own and other people's lives. Events unfold, including his sister's death, that make him reconsider the transformative power of art and accept the limitations of poetry in confronting the untransformable pain of mortal loss. A refreshingly honest, lovingly crafted work, The Last Happy Occasion is a treasure map for anyone interested in exploring the intersections of life and art. "[Shapiro] seeks what lies at the deepest level of the human heart to mitigate his--and…    
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Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/27/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.75" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Ann Marie Stockis the director of the Film and Media Program and professor of Hispanic studies at the College of William and Mary.Alan Shapiro has published eleven books of poetry, most recently Night of the Republic, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Griffin Prize, and Old War, winner of the Ambassador Book Award. He teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acknowledgments
Prologue
In Awkward Reverence Woodstock Puritan Come Live with Me Fanatics
The Last Happy Occasion Sittin' in a Funeral Place Postscript
Notes