Shaffer takes readers to the ends of a spectrum that runs from smart choppy essays on issues that he chooses to relate to in a very personal way to ambitious observations of the natural world, the material world and his comings and goings. No subjects are out of bounds; no themes or styles are imposed. Unable to avoid describing inanimate objects and situations with anthropomorphic humor and finesse, he plays with language that takes us on an imaginative trek to the sublime and the ridiculous stopping along the way at clever and curious.
Shaffer takes readers to the ends of a spectrum that runs from smart choppy essays on issues that he chooses to relate to in a very personal way to am...
In a vivid work that is part autobiography and part memoir, Shaffer writes a family portrait that exposes the idiosyncrasies of rural life in a small 1950s mid-Appalachian community. Straightforward and laced with comic hyperbole and humor, the stories and observations focus on the personality of his father recognizing his frustrations and attempts to get ahead and describe myriad situations and exacting details that validate the man's inventive and near genius quirkishness. Weaving in and out of accounts of his own experiences as a young rural kid and part-time farm boy, he also familiarizes...
In a vivid work that is part autobiography and part memoir, Shaffer writes a family portrait that exposes the idiosyncrasies of rural life in a small ...
TABLES AND CHAIRS Poems and Writings Contemporary Commentary, Humor and Human Interest Stories, Poems and Writings In Tables and Chairs, Shaffer takes readers to the ends of a spectrum that runs from smart choppy essays on contemporary issues he chooses to relate to in a very personal way to ambitious observations of the natural world, the material world and his comings and goings. No subjects are out of bounds; no themes or styles are imposed. Unable to avoid describing inanimate objects and situations with anthropomorphic humor and finesse, he plays with language that takes us on an...
TABLES AND CHAIRS Poems and Writings Contemporary Commentary, Humor and Human Interest Stories, Poems and Writings In Tables and Chairs, Shaffer takes...