| Degenerate sons and daughters,/ Life is too much for you— / It takes life to love life. |
| —Lucinda Matlock |
| Edgar Lee Masters |
Edgar Lee Masters
Title: Edgar Lee Masters
Author: Masters, Edgar Lee
Works
Spoon River Anthology
In Masters’s collection of post-mortem autobiographical “epitaphs,” 244 former citizens of the fictional Spoon River, Illinois, tell us the truth about their lives—with the honesty no fear of consequences enables.