Thomas Lynch, Author . Norton $24.95 (296p) ISBN 978-0-393-04206-1
Undertaker-cum-poet Lynch (Bodies in Motion and at Rest
) recalls his long romance with Eire and how it has affected his life in this compelling memoir. He takes off for the Emerald Isle early in 1970 to meet his people, who live on the edge of the...
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Thomas Lynch, Author . Norton $24.95 (216p) ISBN 978-0-393-04207-8
Death haunts this underwhelming collection from essayist, poet (and undertaker) Lynch (The Undertaking
). In “Catch and Release,” the shortest and best story, a fishing guide disposes of his father's ashes in an unusual way. “B
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Thomas Lynch, Author W. W. Norton & Company $23 (224p) ISBN 978-0-393-04112-5
Like his father and most of his siblings, Michigan poet Lynch (Heather Grace) runs a funeral home, ""a kind of family farm, working the back forty of the emotional register."" In this superb collection of essays, he melds poetic language, resonant...
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Thomas Lynch, Author Alfred A. Knopf $14.95 (60p) ISBN 978-0-394-55480-8
This powerful, provocative collection of 42 poems introduces a poet who speaks with authority and eloquence. Often his subjects are commonplacehis wife, dog and children, his workand the poems are set at home in Michigan and abroad, in Ireland and...
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Thomas Lynch, Author W. W. Norton & Company $21 (96p) ISBN 978-0-393-04659-5
With one ear to the ground and another to the heavens, Lynch renders poems that echo mortality's solid thud. The combined perspectives of his two occupations--running a family mortuary and writing--enable Lynch to make unsentimental observations on...
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Thomas G. Long and Thomas Lynch. Westminster John Knox, $25 (272p) ISBN 978-0-664-23853-7
Long (Accompany Them with Singing), a Presbyterian pastor and acclaimed preacher, and Lynch (The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade), a funeral director who is a gifted writer, have both made significant contributions to recent...
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Thomas Lynch. Norton, $27.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-324-00397-7
This meditative, often emotionally affecting collection from funeral director, poet, and essayist Lynch (Whence and Whither) explores, with personal honesty and philosophical curiosity, the intersection of faith, death, family, and vocation. It...
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