Michael Bourgo

Modern Times Michael Bourgo

In his latest collection Michael Bourgo returns to the marriage of history and poetry which he first presented in "The Years: A Memoir of the 19th Century." Now he carries the story forward for another hundred years in "Modern Times: Remembering the 20th Century," a thirty-six-part dance through the 20th century. Each section is a prose poem portrait of a separate year, beginning with the waning years of the Belle Epoque, passing through two world wars and a Cold War, and concluding with that ominous year we called Y2K. Along the way you'll meet the greats like FDR, Gandhi, and Einstein, but after reading this book you'll know some of the forgotten souls as well, and be able to answer this question: who were Otto Frederick Rohwedder and Charles Strite, and why will their names be forever linked? There is nothing quite like a century that begins with Queen Victoria and ends with William Jefferson Clinton. As Michael will show you, it offers every bit of the drama, suspense, irony, and tragedy needed for a great tale-and none of it had to be made up!