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Turco, Lewis Putnam was born on May 2, 1934 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of Luigi and May Laura (Putnam) Turco.
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This is the long-awaited collection of Lewis Turco's poems, comprising a dozen books in one. Rhina P. Espaillat, poet, concludes her Foreword to the book with these words: "And how fortunate the reading public is to have this wealth of writing by one of the country¿s most interesting poets now in one volume, not so much a book as a library of books, composed by the many persons who inhabit this haunted and perceptive poet! It belongs on the bookshelf of every reader willing to risk the joy and anguish of hearing the world, having it speak to him as vividly, ambiguously and honestly as it speaks to Lewis Turco."
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The best-selling author of The Book of Forms -- now in a third edition -- has created the same codification and systematization for all nonfiction forms of writing, and for all forms of fiction other than poetry. In The Book of Literary Terms, Lewis Turco provides a comprehensive guide to, and definitions of all significant terms, forms, and styles in all genres of literature except poetry. For each, all sub-genres and their historical examples are described and defined, all significant terms explicated, and all important styles represented. Wonderful for browsing as well as for reference, it is a book for students and teachers of all genres of literature, for serious general readers of literature, and for writers and critics. Turco writes in an authoritative yet engaging manner, providing endless unsuspected opportunities and avenues for readers to explore. From abecedarius, Bardolatry, cliffhanger, docudrama, epistle, foreshadowing, gagline, hypallage, invective, jestbook, kabuki play, litotes, and muckraker, to non sequitur, one-liner, pulp fiction, quartet, recognition scene, spoonerism, triple-decker, Utopian novel, videotape, writing surfaces, yellow journalism, and zeugma, and including everything in-between, it's all there in The Book of Literary Terms.
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Mark Twain once said that the difference between the almost right word an the right word was the same as the difference between a lightning bug and lightning. Lewis Turco finds all of the lightning in this remarkable set of memoirs about growing up in Connecticut in the 1950s, such as a bullet "whizzing past my ear, dirling in the air" and "crashing through trees . . . snirtling and giggling", as he shares recollections of his capers and misadventures with the Fantaseers, a high school fraternity devoted to reading science fiction and fantasy and raising Cain. Ironic as it may seem, four of the hellions described herein later took religious orders, but not so for Turco, the son of an Italian Baptist minister. Instead, he became one of this nation¹s foremost writers and teachers. Just as it is fascinating to attend a high school class reunion to discover what happened to one¹s old friends, so too does this collection of escapades offer a scrutinizing lens into a band of rambunctious and bright youth, and the destinies that awaited them. This book is certain to stir any reader's own memories of youth's vivid haps and mishaps. For all those who love honesty, purity of language and thought as well as great story telling, buy Lewis Turco's newest collection of stories Fantaseers: A Book of Memories. The tough and tender voice of America's master poet takes us on an unflinching journey through "the mutable past." Reader, this is fair warning - and don't lend this book to any of your friends - it's such a good read, you won't get it back. -Lois Roma-Deeley, Rules of Hunger
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Sheaf of Leaves: Literary Memoirs by Lewis Turco "If you want to know what it has meant --- and has felt like --- to have been an American poet during the past half century, you could not do better than to begin with Lewis Turco's memoirs. Even Whitman, from whom Turco takes his title, comes in for a severe re-evaluation, and many figures living and even dead will doubtless wince under the scrutiny of Turco's clear eye." --- R. S. Gwynn
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Turco, Lewis Putnam was born on May 2, 1934 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of Luigi and May Laura (Putnam) Turco.
Bachelor, University Connecticut, Storrs, 1959. Master of Arts, University Iowa, Iowa City, 1962. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Ashland University, Ohio, 2000.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Maine Fort Kent, 2009.
Instructor, Cleveland State University, 1960-1964;
assistant professor, Hillsdale (Michigan) College, 1964-1965;
assistant professor to full professor, State University of New York, Oswego, 1965-1996;
poet-in-residence, State University of New York, Oswego, 1995;
professor emeritus, State University of New York, Oswego, 1996. Graduate assistant English, U. Connecticut, 1959. Editorial assistant Writer's Workshop, U. Iowa, 1959-1960.
Visiting professor State University of New York, Potsdam, 1968-1969. Bingham Poet in Residence, U. Louisville, 1982. Writer in Residence, Ashland U., 1991.
Founding director Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1962, program in writing arts, State University of New York Oswego, 1968.
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Secretary City of Oswego Charter Revision Commission, 1990-1991. Active Oswego Opera Theater Chorus, Oswego Festival Chorus, since 1986. With United States Navy, 1952-1956.
Married Jean Cate Houdlette, May 29, 1934. Children: Melora Ann, Christopher Cameron.