Joshua Dolezal
Auteur de Down from the Mountaintop: From Belief to Belonging
A propos de l'auteur
Joshua Dolezal currently lives half a block from the town square in Pella, Iowa, where he teaches creative writing, American literature, and sustainability at Central College. His essays and poems have appeared in journals such as The Kenyon Review, Shenandoah, and Fourth Genre.
Œuvres de Joshua Dolezal
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Dolezal, Joshua Andrew
- Autres noms
- Doležal, Joshua
- Date de naissance
- 1975-09
- Relations
- Dolezal, Rachel (sibling)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 5
- Popularité
- #1,360,914
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 2
There is an air of martyrdom and pretentiousness in Dolezal's story, which all too often turns into over-the-top exasperating melodrama that left me talking to myself in frustration. Because here's the thing: Dolezal is a very good writer, one who has obviously read voluminously. He understands and uses well the rich rhythms of the language. There are many sentences in here that are a pleasure to read aloud. Here are just a couple examples -
"Pelicans spiral over the spillway, skating to a stop on the water ..."
"I can still feel the hum of the wheels, the dance of my feet, sprockets spinning and spinning, their teeth tugging the links of the chain."
So yeah, in regard to language itself, Dolezal displays the sensibilities of a poet. Poetry, in fact, may well turn out to be his métier. This story? Like I said, mixed feelings. Largely frustrating and exasperating, but with some good stuff here and there. A very promising writer trying too hard to make opera from an ordinary life. Maybe he wrote his own story a little too soon. Some years and seasoning will, I think, make a world of difference, and the next book - whether poetry or prose - is bound to be better. I'll watch for it.… (plus d'informations)