TY - SER KW - suicide KW - poets KW - writers AU - Clark Blaise AB - Newly-famous poet Rachel Isaacs kills herself while her husband, novelist Richard Durgin, watches football. Rachel’s fans cast Richard as a villain. Years later, a floundering Richard sees a biographer’s query for info on Rachel and seeks to correct the record. C1 - 1957-82 C3 - Allegheny County; Monongahela River; Homestead; Homestead Steel Works; Pittsburgh; Oakland; Forbes Field; University of Pittsburgh; Cathedral (Tower) of Learning; Heinz Chapel; Mt. Washington C4 - Literary; Epistolary CY - Garden City, NY LA - English M3 - Novel N1 -
Cathedral of Learning is disguised as the Tower of Learning.
N2 - Newly-famous poet Rachel Isaacs kills herself while her husband, novelist Richard Durgin, watches football. Rachel’s fans cast Richard as a villain. Years later, a floundering Richard sees a biographer’s query for info on Rachel and seeks to correct the record. PB - Doubleday & Co. PP - Garden City, NY PY - 1983 RN - Clark Blaise (1940— ), born in Fargo, North Dakota and educated at Denison University and the University of Iowa, is an author. EP - 253 p. TI - Lusts ER -