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"A searing memoir." -- Shelf Awareness"Powerful...Deserves attention and high regard." -- Kevin Stein, Poet Laureate of Illinois"Devastating, one-of-a-kind collection" -- Foreword ReviewsIn this major tour de force, John Guzlowski traces the arc of one of the millions of immigrant families of America, in this case, survivors of the maelstrom of World War II. Watch the book trailer at www.polww2.com/EchoesTrailer Raw, eloquent, nuanced, intimate -- Guzlowski illuminates the many faces of war, the toll it takes on innocent civilians, and the ways in which the trauma echoes down through generations.His narrative structure mirrors the fractured dislocation experienced by war refugees. Through a haunting collage of jagged fragments -- poems, prose and prose poems, frozen moments of time, sometimes dreamlike and surreal, other times realistic and graphic -- Guzlowski weaves a powerful story with impacts at levels both obvious and subtle.
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Guzlowski received his B.A. in English Literature from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Purdue University. He is a Professor Emeritus of English Literature at Eastern Illinois University, and currently lives in Lynchburg, Virginia.
