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A Simple Plan

Poems By Gary Soto

6 x 9 in; 80 pp ;
Paperback
Published in February, 2007
ISBN 0811858286
ISBN13 9780811858281

$14.95  

A Simple Plan -- National Book Award finalist Gary Soto returns to his favorite themes of place, childhood, and kinship with the down-and-out in his sparkling and satisfying new collection of poems. The title poem concerns a young man's attempt to rid himself of the family dog by leading it so far from home that it becomes lost for good—a metaphor for the poet's attempt to rid himself of the pulls of childhood.

Gary Soto is a poet, playwright, essayist, author of several children's books, and the recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships and numerous awards. He divides his time between Berkeley and his hometown of Fresno, California.

Quotes

"Gary Soto's poems are fast, funny, heartrending, and achingly believable . . ." —Joyce Carol Oates