The American writer Howard Nemerov (1920-1991) was recognized for his novels, short stories, criticism, nonfiction, drama, and satiric poetry, as well as for being the third poet laureate of the Unite...
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Among important mid-century American poets, Howard Nemerov is perhaps the most disarming. Hardly a disparaging claim has been made against his work that he has not acknowledged or preempted. As he say...
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Howard Nemerov's literary career has been a singularly wide-ranging and productive one. A teacher by profession (currently the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of English at Wash...
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Several times a day, Roger Thacker hauls 5-gallon buckets of water about 50 yards uphill to his mobile home so his family can bathe and do laundry.It's a grueling daily chore that keeps local famil...
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It's a cruel irony of climate, attitude and geography.When I lived in western Massachusetts, home to Red Sox Nation, the culturally rich Berkshires and rarified colleges such as Smith and Williams,...
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Perhaps better known for impossible traffic, kidnappings and some of the world's worst air, Mexico's sprawling capital of 20 million seems like the last place you would go for natural splendor and ...
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Howard Nemerov
Howard (Stanley) Nemerov
Rural Ky. area hopes for running water
