Relates one writer's experience of how luck, fatigue, and fear played leading roles in determining soldiers' fates during a war fought mostly by boys, many of whom, like Davis learned far more than they cared to about life and death before reaching voting age.
Traces the life of Naty Revuelta, a socialite who became so involved with Castro and his cause that she remained on the island after her husband and daughter immigrated to the U.S., bore his child, and was ultimately dismissed by the dictator; and provides insight into conditions in Cuba during the twentieth century.
portraits of Donald Hall, Richard Wilbur, Maxine Kumin, and Stanley Kunitz
Braham, Jeanne
2007
Examines the lives of twentieth-century American poets, focusing on Donald Hall, Richard Wilbur, Maxine Kumin, and Stanley Kunitz; and profiles their lives and achievements.
A biography of twentieth century American author William Styron, covering his childhood in the South, his travels abroad, his twenty-five-year feud with Norman Mailer, and his most recent publications, including "Darkness Visible.".
