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100 1 $aSimic, Charles,$d1938-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80043344
245 10 $aOrphan factory :$bessays and memoirs /$cCharles Simic.
260 $aAnn Arbor :$bUniversity of Michigan Press,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $a115 pages ;$c21 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aPoets on poetry
505 00 $tNew York Days, 1958-1964 --$tCharles the Obscure --$tOrphan Factory --$tIn Praise of Invective --$tThe Trouble with Poetry --$tPoetry and Experience --$tCut the Comedy --$tPoets' Notebooks --$tThe Poetry of Village Idiots --$tMy Insomnia and I --$tFearful Paradise --$tMy Unwritten Books --$tTime Channel --$tDinner at Uncle Boris's --$tOn Dreams --$tJane Kenyon --$tIngeborg Bachmann --$tDon Quixote Charging a Pineapple --$tHolly Wright's Photographs of Hands --$tOpen Wounds --$tAssembly Required --$tNight Sky --$tContributor's Note.
520 $aOrphan Factory collects writing by Charles Simic, hailed as one of our finest contemporary poets. A native of Yugoslavia who emigrated to America in his teens, Simic believes that tragedy, comedy, and paradox are the commonplace experiences of an exile's life. In this delightful collection of journal entries, autobiographical essays, criticism, and prose poetry, the poet reveals once again his fondness for odd juxtapositions that reveal hidden and unexpected connections.
520 8 $aIn the title essay, "Orphan Factory," Simic reflects on his family's war-torn homeland during World War II and the frightening familiarity of the recent tragic events in the region. The collection has many hilarious moments, such as Simic's memoir of his first days in New York City as a young poet and painter, impressions from his poet's notebook, and first lines from his unwritten books.
520 8 $aThe book also contains reflections on dreams, insomnia, and the night sky, and considers the work of poets Jane Kenyon and Ingeborg Bachmann, and of visual artists Saul Steinberg and Holly Wright.
600 10 $aSimic, Charles,$d1938-$xAuthorship.
650 0 $aPoets, American$y20th century$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109267
650 0 $aPoetry$xAuthorship.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85103705
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