Teaching Metaphors

Teaching Metaphors, Nathan Graziano s sixth collection of poetry, goes beyond the lesson plans and standardized tests to probe the humanity of the modern high school. An English teacher for the past decade, Graziano uses experience and wry wit to draw composites of faculty and students as both metaphor and microcosm. From a homecoming princess sacrificed on the stake of popularity to a nostalgic literature teacher who won t let go of The Canon, Graziano juxtaposes the characters of his imaginative high school to examine the core of our common experiences. Both lighthearted and elegiac, Teaching Metaphors challenges readers to identify themselves among the stereotypes and ghosts that roam these allegoric halls.