160 pages / 6.00 x 9.00 inches / no illustrations
Kelly Cherry is the author of over twenty-five books of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, including The Life and Death of Poetry and Quartet for J. Robert Oppenheimer. She is Eudora Welty Professor Emerita of English and Evjue-Bascom Professor Emerita in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She and her husband live in Virginia.
“As a poetic biography, Kelly Cherry’s Quartet for J. Robert Oppenheimer is a stunning tribute to one of America’s most significant scientists. As Cherry traces the life of Oppenheimer, she compels us to consider not only our condition as human beings but our responsibility to each other and our world. Cherry’s work is a remarkable achievement.”—The Journal
“My general rule when getting a new book of poetry in my hands is to resist rushing it, limiting myself to a couple poems a day to meditate with. But from the first lines of Quartet for J. Robert Oppenheimer, I couldn’t put the book down. I found it gripping, a real page-turner.”—Image
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