<p>A collection of new and selected essays by the Pulitzer Prize–winner and former Poet Laureate.</p><p>In addition to being one of America’s most famous and commended poets, Charles Simic is a prolific and talented essayist. <em>The Life of Images</em> brings together his best prose work written over twenty-five years.</p><p>A blend of the straightforward, the wry, and the hopeful, the essays in <em>The Life of Images</em> explore subjects ranging from literary criticism to philosophy, photography to Simic’s childhood in a war-torn country. Culled from five collections, each work demonstrates the qualities that make Simic’s poetry so brilliant yet accessible.</p><p>Whether he is revealing the influence of literature on his childhood development, pondering the relationship between food and comfort, or elegizing the pull to return to a homeland that no longer exists, the legendary poet shares his distinctive take on the world and offers an intimate look into his remarkable mind.</p>