The late Richard Hugo presents himself and his poetry in a series
of essays written at different periods in this life. Truly a man of
the people who made himself a post, he is a writer we are glad to
know. This collection has been carefully assembled and will win new
friends for this writer. No one seems to have much use for poets
nowadays; however, those readers who still wish to accept the
challenge of the author's intoxication with matching words to
feelings will enjoy this idiosyncratic craftsman whose descriptions
have power and meaning. Hugo came from a working-class' Seattle
family and was raised by two grim, hard-working grandparents. He
discusses his past and many of his personal problems with great
directness and honesty; those of his readers who have sweated,
suffered and survived, will find him a rewarding companion on
life's odyssey. Hugo uses many of his poems to illustrate specific
experiences and moods in his life, of things close to the ordinary
person: houses, rooms, trees, baseball, the weather, people, war
and love. Never a celebrated literary figure, Hugo's work is
something made to last and reading him will encourage and revivify
the weariest of us. An uplifting record of pain and joy. (Kirkus
Reviews)
Edited by Ripley S. Hugo, Lois Welch, and James Welch, with an Introduction by William Matthews Of Richard Hugo's
Making Certain It Goes On, David Wagoner has written: "Richard Hugo spared himself (and us) no pains or joys in making the wonderful, vigorous original poems brought together in this single collection. His was and is a very important voice in modern American poetry."
Hugo was also an editor of the Yale Younger Poets series and a distinguished teacher and master of the personal essay. Now many of his essays have been assembled and arranged by Ripley Hugo, the poet's widow and a writer and teacher, and Lois and James Welch, writers and close friends of the poet. Together the essays constitute a compelling autobiographical narrative that takes Hugo from his lonely childhood through the war years and his working and creative life to an interview just before his death in 1982. William Matthews, also a friend of Hugo's, has written an introduction.
"A rare glimpse into the poet's creative process." —Library Journal
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