29: Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer, 1943–1954,
by Jeffrey Cartwright, 1972, by Steven Millhauser (1943–)
I loved this book when it came out—
I love it still today.
A novel full of wonder—full
Of much artistic play.
It says it is biography—
A boy here tells the tale
Of one of his dear boyhood friends
Whose life was one short trail.
I read it quickly—then again.
I passed it on to friends.
A book of that most special sort
You hope just never ends.
This was his first, and you can bet
I gobbled all his next
And fell in love with all of them,
Each most creative text.
I ended up reviewing some—
A gift from who-knows-where.
For Millhauser, believe me, friends,
Can craft a world from air.
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