Family life in first half of 20th century; writing for pleasure and emotional connection; establishing auto dealerships on five continents; pride in three children (father often absent); live-in grandmother; two world wars; Michigan history
Family life in first half of 20th century; writing for pleasure and emotional connection; establishing auto dealerships on five continents; pride in three children (father often absent); live-in grandmother; two world wars; Michigan history
Primarily nature poems, several on theme/image of coyote; also includes “First Letter” from South Africa where Rita went to work on agriculture projects in the Transkei
WWII; family life; American Jewish experience; divorce; parents; polio; New York; 1950s
Philosophical explorations; love relationships; family life; racial attitudes; Southern life
Books, literary criticism, male/female relationships, work life, the writing process, health, modern psychiatry, cars
family relationships; landscape; the body; mythic dream; revisioning mythology, e.g. “Revisiting the Wreck” dedicated to Adrienne Rich
Death & dying; friendship; keeping vigil with dying loved one; grief; last moments
Creativity; lifelong learning; literature; social sciences; teaching; society–U.S.; writing/the writing life
Relationship to wife and children; dreams; law work; World War II; travel in U.S. and Europe; readings (literature, diaries); the study of diaries