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A career-defining retrospective by a much-beloved contemporary master.
Author : Mary Ruefle
Publisher : Wave Books
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,32 MB
Release : 2011-08-16
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1933517565
A career-defining retrospective by a much-beloved contemporary master.
Author : Rita Dove
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 11,47 MB
Release : 1993-09-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0679750800
Here in one volume is a selection of the extraordinary poems of Rita Dove, who, as the nation's Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, brought poetry into the lives of millions of people. Along with a new introduction and poem, Selected Poems comprises Dove's collections The Yellow House on the Corner, which includes a group of poems devoted to the themes of slavery and freedom; Museum, intimate ruminations on home and the world; and finally, Thomas and Beulah, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1987, a verse cycle loosely based on her grandparents' lives. Precisely yet intensely felt, resonant with the voices of ordinary people, Rita Dove's Selected Poems is marked by lyric intensity and compassionate storytelling.
Author : Kenneth Patchen
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 20,89 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780811201469
Poems of humor, protest, love and wonder, by one of America's most original voices.
Author : Robert Pinsky
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1466878487
Intense verbal music with a jazz feeling; invention against the grain of expectation; intelligence racing among materials with the variety of a busy street—these have been the qualities of Robert Pinsky's work since his first book, Sadness and Happiness (1975), celebrated for setting a new direction in American poetry. At that time, responding to a question about that book, Pinsky said: "I would like to write a poetry which could contain every kind of thing, while keeping all the excitement of poetry." That ambition was realized in a new way with each of his books, including the book-length personal monologue An Explanation of America; the transformed autobiography of History of My Heart; the bestselling translation The Inferno of Dante; and, most recently, the savage, inventive Gulf Music. That variety and renewal are represented in this brilliantly chosen volume.
Author : Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,44 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN :
A collection of poems in which the author draws upon her experiences as a Palestinian-American living in the Southwest, and her travels in Central America, the Middle East, and Asia, to comment upon the shared humanity of different cultures throughout the world.
Author : Tao Chien
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 15,73 MB
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1619321440
T'ao Ch'ien, (365 - 427, C.E.), one of the most revered poets in classical Chinese literature, is presented in a lucid translation with an introduction. "David Hinton is one of the most impressive of the younger translators of classical Chinese poetry.... His renderings are varied and imaginative while remaining faithful to the spirit of the original."--Burton Watson
Author : George Oppen
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,73 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780811215572
A selection of innovative poems by the groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize winner.
Author : E. E. Cummings
Publisher : Jump At The Sun
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 22,68 MB
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780786807963
E. E. Cummings, one of the most famous poets of all time, is known for his concise, often sassy poems that speak right to the heart. Illuminated through Caldecott Honor Illustrator Christopher Myers's electrifying artwork, E. E. Cummings' Love: Selected Poems is filled with humor, feeling, and romance for young teens and adults. From "the moon is hiding in her hair" to "may i feel, said he," this book fulfills the Cummings collector's ultimate wishes, and is the perfect gift for anyone interested in the magic and romance entrenched in the language of love.
Author : Conrad Aiken
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,96 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780805207187
Poet, short story writer, critic and novelist, Conrad Aiken (1889-1973) has been called the most metaphysical, the most learned, and the most modern of poets. With writing that reflects an intense interest in psychological, philosophical, and scientific issues, Aiken remains a unique influence on modern writers and critics today. In his lifetime, Aiken received many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1930 and the National Book Award for Poetry in 1954. He served as the Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress from 1950-1952.
Author : Gwendolyn Brooks
Publisher : Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,56 MB
Release : 2006-07-03
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780060882969
The classic volume by the distinguished modern poet, winner of the 1950 Pulitzer Prize, and recipient of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, showcases an esteemed artist's technical mastery, her warm humanity, and her compassionate and illuminating response to a complex world.