Local Wonders, Ted Kooser
Local Wonders, Ted Kooser
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Local Wonders
Seasons in the Bohemian Alps

Author: Ted Kooser

Narrator: Ted Kooser

Unabridged: 6 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/06/2009

Synopsis

Ted Kooser describes with exquisite detail and humor the place he calls home in the rolling hills of southeastern Nebraska, an area known as the Bohemian Alps. Nothing is too big or too small for his attention, including memories of his grandmothers cooking. And Kooser reminds us that the closing of local schools, thoughtless county weed control, and irresponsible housing development destroy more than just the view. What makes life meaningful for Kooser are the ways in which his neighbors care for one another and how an afternoon walking with an old dog, baking a pie, or decorating the house for Christmas can summon memories of his Iowa childhood. This writer sees the extraordinary within the ordinary, the deep beneath the shallow, the abiding wisdom in the pithy Bohemian proverbs that are woven into his essays.

About Ted Kooser

Ted Kooser is a poet, essayist, and a Presidential Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He served as the US poet laureate from 2004 to 2006, and his book Delights & Shadows won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. He lives in Nebraska with his family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Terri on November 12, 2015

If Ted Kooser wrote tractor repair manuals I would read those too.......more

Goodreads review by M. on May 08, 2014

[URL not allowed] "In the end, what makes life meaningful for Kooser are the ways in which his neighbors care for one another and how an afternoon walking with an old dog, or baking a pie, or decorating the house for Christmas can summon memories of his Iowa childhood."___Unive......more

Goodreads review by Melody on September 13, 2007

Random musings in prose from one of our best poets. He's the guy I'd like to be stranded with at a truckstop in a snowstorm. Interesting to read his prose, which is in parts lyrical, in parts elegant, and in parts reassuringly ordinary. Kooser words make me think of Andrew Wyeth's paintings, and som......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on December 23, 2023

I started reading this during my lunch breaks at work. Just a passage or two as I would eat my leftovers or kids meal from Chipotle. 7 months later I can credit Kooser for keeping me sane most days. Having a brief moment to slow down, laugh and remember does wonders. At least, enough wonder for me t......more

Goodreads review by Leah on September 02, 2018

Ted made me a fan of poetry......more

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