The Lost Clerihews of Paul Ingram Reviewed
Prairie Lights Books buyer Paul Ingram compiles over a hundred clerihews, witty two line rhymes about famous figures. The collection features playful, sometimes racy illustrations by Julia Anderson-Miller and reflects Ingram's view that form outshines substance.
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Paul Ingram
Iowa City
Ingram
Ice Cube Press
England
United States
Iowa
Prairie Lights
Julia Anderson-Miller
Ingram Clerihews
The Lost Clerihews of Paul Ingram Review
A playful collection mixing literary figures and pop icons in short witty verse. Ingram gleefully blends names like Lady Gaga and Mao Zedong with literary allusions, creating light clever humor that rewards readers who recognize the references.
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Wikipedia
Paul Ingram
William Whewell
Ingram
Lady Gaga
Mao Zedong
Marcel Proust
Bob Marley
Launch party for Paul Ingrams Lost Clerviews in Iowa City
Paul Ingram hosts a launch party for The Lost Clerviews at Prairie Lights Cafe in Iowa City on June 23 at 5 p.m. The free event features clerihews and humorous illustrations, some intended for adults, with portions possibly posted online later. North Liberty publisher Steve Semken collected the nearly forgotten verses for this slim volume.
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Paul Ingram
Prairie Lights Cafe
Dubuque St
Iowa City
Cleriiew
Ingram
Proust
Marcel Proust
North Liberty
Steve Semken
Readers invited to memoir reading by Saul Sanchez in Iowa City
Saul Sanchez reads from Rows of Memory Journeys of a Migrant Sugar Beet Worker at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City. The memoir details a migrant family life across the United States with farming work from spring to fall and a Wind Lake Wisconsin start in 1951.
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Saul Sanchez
Iowa City
Sanchez
United States
California
Washington State
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
South
Texas
Saul
Wind Lake
Wis
Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
the Mill
Burlington St
Iowa Writers’ Workshop
University Club Writers’ Group
University Club Writers Group
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