The Song of Eugene with Translations from the Poetry of Heinrich Heine and Rene Char

"A candid, playful, and sometimes bawdy celebration of sex, life, and the city of Eugene, Oregon, The Song of Eugene is an epic poem/memoir written to commemorate author Paul Green's return to his favorite city in 2002 after a decades-long absence. Erudite and witty, the poem is full of Green's love of language and the companionship of old friends. Also included in this volume is a collection of the author's own translations of selected poems by the nineteenth-century German romantic poet Heinrich Heine and the twentieth-century French poet-activist Rene Char."--Publisher's website.