Michael Dennis Browne
Forfatter af Give Her the River: A Father's Wish for His Daughter
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Michael Dennis Browne is an emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota, where he taught for thirty-nine years, served for some years as director of the Creative Writing Program, and was a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. Previously, he taught at Iowa, Columbia and Bennington. vis mere He was the first Kilian McDonnell Writer-in-Residence at the Collegeville Institute at St. Johns University and received the 2014 Graven Award from Wartburg College. His poems have appeared in many magazines and anthologies; two of his collections won the Minnesota Book Award for poetry. He has written numerous texts for music, working principally with Stephen Paulus; their most recent collaboration is The Shoemaker, a church opera based on a short story by Leo Tolstoy. Other composers who have set his words include Carol Barnett, Abbie Betinis, John Foley S.J., Juliana Hall, Carolyn Jennings, Craig Hella Johnson, David Lord, Donald Krubsack, David Evan Thomas, and Dale Warland. vis mindre
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- Juridisk navn
- Browne, Michael Dennis
- Fødselsdato
- 1940
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
UK (birth) - Fødested
- England, UK
- Bopæl
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Uddannelse
- University of Iowa
- Erhverv
- poet
creative writing teacher
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- University of Minnesota
University of Iowa
Columbia University
Bennington College
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Give Her the River: A Father's Wish for His… af Michael Dennis Browne
I liked the illustration in Browne's book, however, I didn't really like the book. Found it was a little confusing at times when I read this to my little cousin. This book is about a father wanting to show his love for his daughter and wants to get her a river.
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This book was written by a father of three daughters and is a beautiful sentiment to all of them. The book begins with the father saying that if he could give anything at all in the whole world to his daughter to show his love, it would be the river. He uses the river as a metaphor of his love for her throughout the book. I think most people would describe the watercolor illustrations as “picturesque and golden”. I found the text to sometimes be a bit choppy but the sentiment overrides that. Also, the illustrations were a bit heavy with over zealous brushwork and a bit amateurish for my taste. I would have liked to see them rendered much more simply or perhaps had the artist use pastels or other media for more textural variety. Those things are personal tastes however. All in all the book is wonderful in that it expresses what a father deeply feels for his daughter and it gives fathers and daughters the opportunity to be close while sharing it. One can see that this book can be used and felt on different levels. This father may have already brought these things to his daughter over the years and is reminiscing. In my final judgment, this book is tender testament to the all encompassing and powerful unbounded love that a father has for his daughter.… (mere)
This book was written by a father of three daughters and is a beautiful sentiment to all of them. The book begins with the father saying that if he could give anything at all in the whole world to his daughter to show his love, it would be the river. He uses the river as a metaphor of his love for her throughout the book. I think most people would describe the watercolor illustrations as “picturesque and golden”. I found the text to sometimes be a bit choppy but the sentiment overrides that. Also, the illustrations were a bit heavy with over zealous brushwork and a bit amateurish for my taste. I would have liked to see them rendered much more simply or perhaps had the artist use pastels or other media for more textural variety. Those things are personal tastes however. All in all the book is wonderful in that it expresses what a father deeply feels for his daughter and it gives fathers and daughters the opportunity to be close while sharing it. One can see that this book can be used and felt on different levels. This father may have already brought these things to his daughter over the years and is reminiscing. In my final judgment, this book is tender testament to the all encompassing and powerful unbounded love that a father has for his daughter.… (mere)
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- 4.0
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