Known for his favorite themes of New England and nature, Robert Frost may well be the most famous American poet of the 20th century. His classic works include the poems The Road Not Taken, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, The Death of the Hired Man, and many more. Critical Companion to Robert Frost is an encyclopedic guide to the life and works of this great American poet. This accessible volume combines extensive critical analysis with in-depth information on Frost's life, providing a one-stop resource for students. Coverage includes: a concise but thorough biography of Frost; entries on every one of Frost's published poems, plays, and important works of prose; criticism and interpretations of Frost's work; entries on related people, places, themes, and topics; and appendixes, including bibliographies of primary and secondary sources and a chronology.

Critical Companion to Robert Frost: A Literary Reference to His Life And Work

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Fagan, Deirdre

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Have Love is a collection of poetry beginning and ending with love, but not the same love. Beginning youthfully, the poems move through marriage, divorce, remarriage, birth, illness, and death to survival. There is romantic and familial love, and some that is not love. We go on, often reluctantly, haltingly, but we go on. Have Love reminds its readers we do not have to "mate for life" to give and receive love, nor does new love have to undo what has been before. Where there is love, there is love.

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Phantom Limbs

"...This memoir will burrow down deep into your heart, finding its own place of comfort there. I dare you to be able to put it down." --Noley Reid, author of Pretend We Are Lovely Find a Place for Me is a memoir about facing a marriage's last act--a spouse's death--as a couple united in mind and holding hands. Deirdre and Bob are married eleven years and have two young children when forty-three-year-old Bob is diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. ALS determines the journey their marriage will now take, but Bob and Deirdre are resolute in how they will traverse their remaining months as a couple. Chronicling Bob's illness, Find a Place for Me is also the love story of a happy marriage filled with humor, honesty, and essential conversations. In this moving, tragic, and surprisingly funny book, Deirdre and Bob raise a glass to love and the life each of them has left while learning how to lovingly say goodbye.

Find a Place for Me

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Pact Press

"There is so much to admire in these deeply human tales confronting grief, death, loneliness, and despair. Each compelling and complex character reveals an unexpected grace, reveals comfort where one would never expect to find it, and this gives a reader the courage to face the worst. Whether you're grieving or celebrating the beauty of this life, these stories will speak to you." -Karen Stefano, author of What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault and Its Aftermath "The characters' seemingly unhealthy pursuits concerning their personal grief become utterly compelling to the reader under Fagan's command. Instead of odd, they are fully believable, reacting to loss in one of a myriad of ways human beings just might-a woman who attends the funerals of people she does not know, another who collects yo-yos and men, a man who dials random phone numbers hoping for connection on the other end, a woman who finds a man living in her basement, and more. In addition, Fagan employs short sentences so effectively. With minimal details she is able to reveal the worlds of curious people. Grief Eater is a thoroughly enjoyable collection of short stories." -Lisa Muir, author of Taking Down the Moon "Deirdre Fagan's distinctive voice, spare yet warm, lures the reader into spacious interiors affording the reader room to roam. Thought-provoking, beguiling, astringent, yet consoling, this cohesive collection of tales of loss never fails to engross and surprise. The surprises culminate with an insightful resolution of the delightful last tale. Haversham's Dickens and Lenore's Poe would, I think, reach out for this volume." -Jon Sindell, author of The Pugilist Poets of Venice Deirdre Fagan is a widow, wife, and mother of two who writes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and essays on literary criticism and pedagogy. She is the author of the book Critical Companion to Robert Frost, and the articles, "Kay Ryan and Poetic Play," published in the CEA Critic, and "Emily Dickinson's Unutterable Word," collected in Bloom's Modern Critical Views: Emily Dickinson. Her academic and creative work is available in various online and print journals, magazines, and anthologies. Fagan's poem, "Outside In," was a finalist for Best of the Net 2018, and her poem, "Homesick," was nominated for a 2018 Pushcart. She has a chapbook, "Have Love," forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.Fagan is a native New Yorker who has previously lived in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Maryland. She currently resides in Michigan where she is associate professor and coordinator of creative writing in the English, Literature, and World Languages Department at Ferris State University. Fagan coordinates the Literature in Person series, which brings national and regional authors to Ferris, and facilitates National Poetry Month events celebrating the genre through poetry readings, discussions, and activities. Fagan teaches creative writing, composition, poetry, and American literature. Meet her at deirdrefagan.com.

The Grief Eater: Short Stories

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