Portraits of Life

About the Book

Portraits of Life continues the classic poetry begun by L.E. Ward in his Collected Poems (1999).

High praise for The Collected Poems of L. E. Ward: The Hollywood Poems and Others also published by iUniverse.com

"L.E. Ward captures the spirit and the identity of [emotion and a matter-of-fact approach] in a remarkably succinct manner. There are no long words here - simply a few truths and relevant observations."
-Anthony Slide, noted film book reviewer and "dean of American film historians" in Classic Images December 1999

"[His poems] are delightful and insightful, covering many topics."
-Jean Peerenboom, Green Bay Press Gazette

About the Author

L. E. Ward has published 1,000 articles on American film history as a contributing editor to such national film periodicals as The Big Reel, Classic Image, Videomania, The Lost Generation Journal, and Movie Collector?s World.
He is listed in Who?s Who in U.S. Writers, The International Who?s Who of Literature, Cambridge, England.
Ward is a member of the Academy of American Poets. He holds the Master of Arts in Literature degree and is a former faculty member of the literature department at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater.