Life Work

From his grandparents, poet Donald Hall learned that craft--be it canning vegetables, writing poems, or carting manure--creates its own "absorbedness ... Show synopsis From his grandparents, poet Donald Hall learned that craft--be it canning vegetables, writing poems, or carting manure--creates its own "absorbedness" that no wage can equal. His affecting memoir on life and the American family's propensity for work, solitude, and love is a treasure. Hide synopsis