The Knife-Sharpener’s Daughter
Stuart Dybek, “The Knife Sharpener’s Daughter” from Brass Knuckles, published by University of Pittsburgh Press. Copyright © 1979 by Stuart Dybek. Reprinted by permission of Stuart Dybek.
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Poet Stuart Dybek b. 1942
Subjects Social Commentaries, Cities & Urban Life
Poetic Terms Free Verse
Biography
Poet and fiction writer Stuart Dybek was born in 1942 and raised on the South Side of Chicago. He attended Loyola University in Chicago and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His collections of poetry include Brass Knuckles (1979) and Streets in Their Own Ink (2004). His works of fiction, including the short story collections Childhood and Other Neighborhoods (1980) and The Coast of Chicago (1990), and the novel-in-stories I Sailed . . .
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SUBJECT Social Commentaries, Cities & Urban Life
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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