Essays After Eighty
by Donald Hall
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books and Nonfiction.
"Alternately lyrical and laughoutloud funny."—New York Times “Deliciously readable . . . Donald Hall, if abandoned by the muse of poetry, has wrought his prose to a keen autumnal edge.” — Wall Street Journal His entire life, Donald Hall dedicated himself to the written word, putting together a storied career as a poet, essayist, and memoirist. ...
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