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A Heaven of Words: Last Journals, 1956 1984 by Glenway Wescott (Paperback, 2013)

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Charm, wit, compassion, wisdom, literature, nature, sex, humor, politics, sorrow, love: these themes fill the late journal pages of enigmatic American writer Glenway Wescott. From humble beginnings on a poor Wisconsin farm, Wescott went on to study at the University of Chicago, narrowly survive the Spanish flu pandemic, and eventually emerge as an influential poet and novelist. A major figure in the American literary expatriate community in Paris during the 1920s and a prominent American novelist in the years leading up to World War II, he spent a decade living abroad before relocating permanently to New York and New Jersey with his partner, Museum of Modern Art publications director and curator Monroe Wheeler. Together they mixed with such intellectual and creative greats as Jean Cocteau, Colette, George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, Somerset Maugham, Christopher Isherwood, Marianne Moore, W. H. Auden, Truman Capote, Joseph Campbell, and scores of other luminaries. During the second half of his life, Wescott wrote nonfiction essays and worked for the Academy Institute of Arts and Letters, all the while keeping journals in which he recorded the experiences that fostered his love of life, literature, the arts, and humanity. A Heaven of Words looks back on Wescott's entire fascinating life and reveals the riveting narrative of his last decades. Winner, Gay Memoir/Biography, Lambda Literary Awards

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University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-13
9780299294243
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Subject Area
Gender Issues
Author
Glenway Wescott
Publication Name
A Heaven of Words: Last Journals, 1956 1984
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Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
314 Pages

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210mm
Item Width
140mm

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United States
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Jerry Rosco

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