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Fire in the Straw: Notes on Inventing a Life by Lyons, Nick
by Lyons, Nick | HC | VeryGood
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781951627195
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1951627199
ISBN-13
9781951627195
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038407994
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fire in the Straw : Notes on Inventing Alife
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Fishing
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-952613
Reviews
In Praise of Fire in the Straw: "If a book can be life altering, and they sure can be, then this is one of them. There is no mystery why Fire in the Straw is this way, since it is charming, moving, filled with stories, with looks at how things really are in the world, told with a voice I absolutely trust and admire. The item, above everything else, that a book like this provides is inspiration. What a life Nick Lyons has had, fisherman, publisher, father, and loving husband to his wife, and all of it told with a lovely humility, with humor, and with that rare sense of what really matters." -- Craig Nova, author of The Good Son In Praise of Nick Lyons' previous books: "Within the pond of those who write about fly-fishing, Lyons is one of the bigger fish."-- Publishers Weekly "The world needs more of so generous a soul." -- Kirkus Reviews "I love Nick Lyons's books. Every sentence is so full and ripe with whatever it is that keeps us fishing-and the minute-by-minute surprise and delight of it."--Ted Hughes, former Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II and the author of Birthday Letters "Nick Lyons is quite simply the tops, in stylish prose, gentle wit, and accumulated wisdom. Add his sense of humility and complete honesty-rare qualities among us fly fishermen-and you will begin to understand why Lyons' essays are essential to our sanity."--William W. Warner, author of Beautiful Swimmers "A former English professor turned publisher whose contribution to outdoors writing is hard to overestimate." -- Midcurrent Magazine "His departures from piscatory tales offer readers thoughtful musings on aging, art, and publishing." -- Library Journal "Fly-fishing isn't a spectator sport, but if Nick Lyons fishes as skillfully as he writes about it, I'd payto watch him. He's that happy and compulsive combination of angler-poet-romantic, and his book is a joy."--Ed Zern "A warm, nostalgic and yet enormously canny and rewarding book about those twin mysteries, fishing and fishermen."--Robert Traver "There's one way to tell a Nick Lyons fan: just hand one of us a copy of Fly Fisherman magazine. It doesn't matter how huge the trout on the cover is, or what experts are holding forth in the feature articles, we'll turn to the back page and read Nick's column, 'The Seasonable Angler,' first. Over the past fifteen years it's become a sort of ritual-first the poetry of the sport, then the technique."--John Gierach, In Praise of Fire in the Straw: "If a book can be life altering, and they sure can be, then this is one of them. There is no mystery why Fire in the Straw is this way, since it is charming, moving, filled with stories, with looks at how things really are in the world, told with a voice I absolutely trust and admire. The item, above everything else, that a book like this provides is inspiration. What a life Nick Lyons has had, fisherman, publisher, father, and loving husband to his wife, and all of it told with a lovely humility, with humor, and with that rare sense of what really matters." --Craig Nova, author of The Good Son "Nick Lyons has spent so many decades nurturing talent in others that it's easy to overlook the enormous talent he brings to his own writing. His latest book, Fire in the Straw, is the compelling testament of a great editor, teacher, fly-fisher, and father, written in Lyons's trademark style--lucid, personable, witty, and honest, and so compulsively readable you won't want this journey through a life to ever end." --W.D. Wetherell "Nick Lyons, legendary American fly fishing author and publisher, has written a superb, bone-honest, profoundly moving, deeply felt memoir revealing a complex and multi-layered existence beyond the angling passions for which most of us know him. Fire in the Straw is a deft painterly narrative that evokes the "inscrutable texture" of a life meaningfully, thoughtfully lived at every turn. I cannot recommend it highly enough." --Robert DeMott, Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor, Ohio University In Praise of Nick Lyons' previous books: "Within the pond of those who write about fly-fishing, Lyons is one of the bigger fish."-- Publishers Weekly "The world needs more of so generous a soul." -- Kirkus Reviews "I love Nick Lyons's books. Every sentence is so full and ripe with whatever it is that keeps us fishing-and the minute-by-minute surprise and delight of it."--Ted Hughes, former Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II and the author of Birthday Letters "Nick Lyons is quite simply the tops, in stylish prose, gentle wit, and accumulated wisdom. Add his sense of humility and complete honesty-rare qualities among us fly fishermen-and you will begin to understand why Lyons' essays are essential to our sanity."--William W. Warner, author of Beautiful Swimmers "A former English professor turned publisher whose contribution to outdoors writing is hard to overestimate." -- Midcurrent Magazine "His departures from piscatory tales offer readers thoughtful musings on aging, art, and publishing." -- Library Journal "Fly-fishing isn't a spectator sport, but if Nick Lyons fishes as skillfully as he writes about it, I'd payto watch him. He's that happy and compulsive combination of angler-poet-romantic, and his book is a joy."--Ed Zern "A warm, nostalgic and yet enormously canny and rewarding book about those twin mysteries, fishing and fishermen."--Robert Traver "There's one way to tell a Nick Lyons fan: just hand one of us a copy of Fly Fisherman magazine. It doesn't matter how huge the trout on the cover is, or what experts are holding forth in the feature articles, we'll turn to the back page and read Nick's column, 'The Seasonable Angler,' first. Over the past fifteen years it's become a sort of ritual-first the poetry of the sport, then the technique."--John Gierach, In Praise of Nick Lyons' previous books: "Within the pond of those who write about fly-fishing, Lyons is one of the bigger fish."-- Publishers Weekly "The world needs more of so generous a soul." -- Kirkus Reviews "I love Nick Lyons's books. Every sentence is so full and ripe with whatever it is that keeps us fishing-and the minute-by-minute surprise and delight of it."--Ted Hughes, former Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II and the author of Birthday Letters "Nick Lyons is quite simply the tops, in stylish prose, gentle wit, and accumulated wisdom. Add his sense of humility and complete honesty-rare qualities among us fly fishermen-and you will begin to understand why Lyons' essays are essential to our sanity."--William W. Warner, author of Beautiful Swimmers "A former English professor turned publisher whose contribution to outdoors writing is hard to overestimate." -- Midcurrent Magazine "His departures from piscatory tales offer readers thoughtful musings on aging, art, and publishing." -- Library Journal "Fly-fishing isn't a spectator sport, but if Nick Lyons fishes as skillfully as he writes about it, I'd payto watch him. He's that happy and compulsive combination of angler-poet-romantic, and his book is a joy."--Ed Zern "A warm, nostalgic and yet enormously canny and rewarding book about those twin mysteries, fishing and fishermen."--Robert Traver "There's one way to tell a Nick Lyons fan: just hand one of us a copy of Fly Fisherman magazine. It doesn't matter how huge the trout on the cover is, or what experts are holding forth in the feature articles, we'll turn to the back page and read Nick's column, 'The Seasonable Angler,' first. Over the past fifteen years it's become a sort of ritual-first the poetry of the sport, then the technique."--John Gierach
Synopsis
**Named One of the New York Post' s Best New Books to Read ** FIRE IN THE STRAW is the witty and deeply felt memoir of Nick Lyons, a man with an intrepid desire to reinvent himself--which he does, over and over. Nick Lyons shape shifts from reluctant student and graduate of the Wharton School, to English Professor, to husband of a fiercely committed painter, to ghost writer, to famous fly fisherman and award-winning author, to father and then grandfather, to Executive Editor at a large book publishing company, and finally to founder and publisher of his own successful independent press.. Written with the same warm and earthy voice that has enthralled tens of thousands of fly-fishing readers, Nick weaves the disparate chapters of his life: from the moment his widowed mother drops him off at a grim boarding school at the age of five, where he spends three lonely and confusing years; to his love of basketball and pride playing for Penn; to the tumultuous period, in the army and after, when he found and was transformed by literature; to his marriage to Mari, his great love and anchor of his life. Suddenly, with a PhD in hand and four children, Nick embarks on a complex and thrilling ride, juggling family, fishing, teaching, writing, and publishing, the wolf always at his door. Against all odds, The Lyons Press survives, his children prosper, his wife's art flourishes, and his books and articles make him a household name. Fire in the Straw is a love story, a confessional, and a beautiful big-hearted memoir., "I love Nick Lyons's books. Every sentence is so full and ripe." --Ted Hughes, former Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II FIRE IN THE STRAW is the witty and deeply felt memoir of Nick Lyons, a man with an intrepid desire to reinvent himself--which he does, over and over. Nick Lyons shape shifts from reluctant student and graduate of the Whar, "I love Nick Lyons's books. Every sentence is so full and ripe." --Ted Hughes, former Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II FIRE IN THE STRAW is the witty and deeply felt memoir of Nick Lyons, a man with an intrepid desire to reinvent himself--which he does, over and over. Nick Lyons shape shifts from reluctant student and graduate of the Wharton School, to English Professor, to husband of a fiercely committed painter, to ghost writer, to famous fly fisherman and award-winning author, to father and then grandfather, to Executive Editor at a large book publishing company, and finally to founder and publisher of his own successful independent press.. Written with the same warm and earthy voice that has enthralled tens of thousands of fly-fishing readers, Nick weaves the disparate chapters of his life: from the moment his widowed mother drops him off at a grim boarding school at the age of five, where he spends three lonely and confusing years; to his love of basketball and pride playing for Penn; to the tumultuous period, in the army and after, when he found and was transformed by literature; to his marriage to Mari, his great love and anchor of his life. Suddenly, with a PhD in hand and four children, Nick embarks on a complex and thrilling ride, juggling family, fishing, teaching, writing, and publishing, the wolf always at his door. Against all odds, The Lyons Press survives, his children prosper, his wife's art flourishes, and his books and articles make him a household name. FIRE IN THE STRAW is a love story, a confessional, and a beautiful big-hearted memoir.
LC Classification Number
PS3612.Y5766A6 2020
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