and what the good life truly is
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Essays After Eighty and what the good lifeThe former US Poet Laureate contemplates life, death, and the view from his window in these "alternately lyrical and laugh out loud funny" essays (New York Times). His entire life, Donald Hall dedicated himself to the written word, putting together a storied career as a poet, essayist, and memoirist. Here, in the "unknown, unanticipated galaxy" of very old age, his essays startle, move, and delight. In Essays After Eighty, Hall ruminates on his past: