![]() ![]() Originally from Missouri, I had the enormous good fortune to study with the legendary Larry Levis as an undergraduate at the University of Missouri and also as a doctoral student at the University of Utah (PhD, 1993). Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. "A unique dance among genres.clear and powerful descriptions touch on the mysteries of seduction, loss, and the artistic impulse." - (Clyde Edgerton) "… Figures it took a poet to get it this beautifully, thrillingly right.” - (Peter Trachtenberg) An enchanting book about the transformative power of art." - (Kirkus Reviews) "White brings to his luminous readings of the paintings. Through these travels and his encounters with Vermeer’s radiant vision, White finds grace and personal transformation. Includes the author’s very personal study of Vermeer. He is astounded by how consoling it is to look closely at Vermeer’s women, at the artist’s relationship to his subjects, and at how composition reflects back to the viewer such deep feeling. ![]() ![]() In the midst of a divorce (in which the custody of his young daughter is at stake) and over the course of a year, the poet Michael White, travels to Amsterdam, The Hague, Delft, London, Washington, and New York to view the paintings of Johannes Vermeer, an artist obsessed with romance and the inner life. ![]() A lyrical and intimate account of how a poet, in the midst of a bad divorce, finds consolation and grace through viewing the paintings of Vermeer, in six world cities. ![]()
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