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Call Me Fool / William Trowbridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trowbridge, William, 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--21st century.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (73 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Pasadena, CA : Red Hen Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Trowbridge's Fool is based on an archetype that runs from the beginnings of storytelling up to modern films (silent and sound), fiction, poetry, and stand-up comedy. He is combination schlemiel and shlimazel, alternately the spiller and the spilled-on. Often the scapegoat, he is, as St. Chrysostom put it, "he who gets slapped." Trowbridge's Fool, after blundering into hell with Lucifer and company, is reincarnated in various historical times, with occasional unplanned visits back to the heavenly realm, operated as a mega-corporation by its Enron-style CEO. Trowbridge thought he was through with his not-so-distant relative after his collection came out, but the Fool is back again, none the wiser"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Contents
- Proem: Immortal Fool
- Call Him Mr. Lucky
- Fool Helps Create the Earth
- Pleistocene Fool
- David and Goliath: The Real Story
- Fool Undertakes a Holy Mission
- Fool Delivers the Sermon on the Mount
- Fool Incarnate
- Fool the Hun
- The Alchemist's Apprentice
- The Pied Fool of Hamelin
- Fool Joins the Children's Crusade, Spring 1212
- Fool Invents the Piano, 1250 A.D.
- Fool in Plague Time
- Captain Fool Sails to the New World
- Robin Fool and His Disconsolate Men
- King of Fools
- Fool in the Light Brigade
- Mutiny on the Bounty: The Secret Report
- In 1823, after Inventing a Flush Toilet, Fool Discovers Penicillin, X-Rays, Plastic, and Super Glue
- Fool Takes Charge
- Call Me Fool
- Fool of the 7th Cavalry
- Fool at High Noon
- Fool: Hero of the Great War
- Alone No More
- Cargo Fool
- Fool's Errand
- Prizewinner Fool
- Fool Hits the Road
- Fool Under the Big Top
- Fool Me Once
- Fool Falls Ill
- Tattered Fool
- The Frog Fool
- Playing the Fool
- The New Boss
- Laureate Fool
- Fool Visits the All-New Hell
- Fool Visits the All-New Heaven
- Fool Discovers the Meaning of Life
- Fool Gives a Commencement Address
- World's Best-Kept Secret
- Biographical Note
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781636280813
- OCLC:
- 1352027016
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