she follows Robinson from elation to desolation as his wife succumbs to alcoholism and his dreams fade. Rooney's syncopated wordplay, supple musicality, and cinematic descriptions subtly embody Kees' artistic pursuits as well as Robinson's sardonic grace under pressure. An intricate, psychologically luminous homage, tale of American loneliness, and enthralling testament to poetry's resonance. Sources and bibliography The Last Man (1943) poems The Fall of Magicians (1947) poems Poems 1947-1954 (1954) Nonverbal Communication: Notes On The Visual Perception Of Human Relations (1956) with Jurgen Ruesch The Collected Poems of Weldon Kees (1960 and later editions) edited by Donald Justice The Ceremony and Other Stories (1984) selected by Dana Gioia Weldon Kees and the Midcentury Generation (1986) letters, edited by Robert E. Knoll Reviews and Essays, 1936-55 (1988) edited by James Reidel Fall Quarter (1990) novel Vanished Act: The Life and Art of Weldon Kees (2003) by James Reidel Further reading Weldon Kees: A Critical Introduction (1985) essays about Kees and a bibliography by Robert "Bob" Niemi Weldon Kees (Twayne's United States Author Series, 484) (1985) by William T. Ross The Bibliography of Weldon Kees (1997) by Robert Niemi and Daniel Gillane Weldon Kees and the Arts at Midcentury (2003) by Daniel A. Siedell "Kees to the City," SF Weekly, (July 27-August, 2005) by Matt Smith "The Disappearing Poet." The New Yorker (4 July 2005) by Anthony Lane Robinson Alone (2012) - a novel in poems based on the life and work of Kees and his character Robinson by Kathleen Rooney The Poetry of Weldon Kees: Vanishing as Presence (2017) by John T. Irwin See also List of people who disappeared References External links Kathleen Rooney Raises the Dead — from the Chicago Tribune, October 14, 2012 Poems at PoemHunter Modern American Poetry's information page on Kees. The Cult Of Weldon Kees The Disappearing Poet From The New Yorker July 4, 2005. Weldon Kees Papers and Archives Weldon Kees and the Nebraska Federal Writers' Project Weldon Kees and the British poet Simon Armitage Finding aid to Weldon Kess papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library. 1914 births Year of death unknown 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American painters American male painters Doane University alumni Formalist poets Missing people Missing person cases in California People from Beatrice, Nebraska University of Missouri alumni University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni Writers from Nebraska Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area 20th-century American poets American male novelists