(PRLeap.com) "Poems Past 90", a new book by Jim Scovel, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.Samuel Johnson once said, after watching a dog dancing, that he was not surprised at seeing it done badly but that it was being done at all. After a lifetime of writing journalist prose, author Jim Scovel was fascinated at what poetry might be like and now presents to you his Poems Past 90. Enjoy this collection by a curious nonagenarian.
About the Author
Jim Scovel is the oldest of six children brought up mostly in pre-World War II China, where his father and mother, doctor and registered nurse, operated and trained the Chinese staff of a hospital in Shandong Province, long before the Peace Corps. He attended Oberlin and Harvard colleges, spent three years in the Army, and spent his professional life in the newspaper business, principally with the Long Island Newsday. He is a great-grandfather, divorced and with two daughters, one deceased.
"Poems Past 90" is a 52-page paperback with a retail price of $12.00 (eBook $7.00). The ISBN is 979-8-89341-446-2. Published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For members of the press, to request a review copy or author interview, please visit https://bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com/pages/media-requests or to buy the book, visit our online bookstore at https://bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com/products/poems-past-90
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