![]() But Michaka's focal point, the inspiration for his third novel, is Douglas (aka "Scissors"), the editor whose symbiotic relationship with Raymond builds to unbearable tension. There are tender scenes with the poet he loves in the end - now renamed Joanne. In Scissors, Paris-born, Cambridge-educated writer Stephane Michaka re-imagines Carver's productive last decade, with flashbacks to some of his worst times with his first wife (called Marianne here). And don't forget it." That poem is etched on his gravestone, a reminder of Carver's "second life," living productively with the poet Tess Gallagher, the chaos of drinking behind him. "I've had ten years longer than I or anyone expected," he writes. ![]() "Alive, sober, working, loving, and being loved by a good woman."Ĭarver was dying of cancer by the time he wrote the poem (he died in 1988 at age 50), but he didn't dwell on that. The legendary minimalist short story writer Raymond Carver distilled the last decade of his life in his poem "Gravy." "Gravy, these past ten years," he writes. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Scissors Subtitle A Novel Author Stephane Michaka ![]()
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