Books by Paul Zimmer and Complete Book Reviews
Paul Zimmer, Author . Univ. of Minnesota $21.95 (229p) ISBN 978-0-8166-4019-5
This thoughtful rumination on the important things in life will greatly interest Zimmer's readers. Of primary importance to Zimmer (Crossing to Sunlight), now in his retirement, is where he lives—an isolated house located on 100 acres of...
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Paul Zimmer, Author University of Georgia Press $18.95 (166p) ISBN 978-0-8203-1829-5
In this gathering of 100 poems, 21 new and the rest drawn from some previously published volumes, Zimmer, director of the University of Iowa Press, displays a talent for gentle humor, thoughtful observation and melancholy reminiscence. A...
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Paul Zimmer, Author University of Illinois Press $17 (72p) ISBN 978-0-252-06060-1
Although he employs the device of dropping his surname in many poem titles, Zimmer avoids the wholly egocentric in this volume, selected by William Stafford for the National Poetry Series. A sense of humility is also manifest that confirms his...
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Paul Zimmer, Author University of Georgia Press $14.95 (166p) ISBN 978-0-8203-1818-9
In this gathering of 100 poems, 21 new and the rest drawn from some previously published volumes, Zimmer, director of the University of Iowa Press, displays a talent for gentle humor, thoughtful observation and melancholy reminiscence. A...
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Paul Zimmer. Permanent, $28 (192p) ISBN 978-1-57962-388-3
Poet Zimmer (The Great Book of Love) has crafted a superior love story between two senior citizens set in the little town of Soldiers Grove, Wis. One afternoon, nursing home resident Cyril Solverson sneaks out to Burkhum’s Tap, where he drinks beer...
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