New and Selected Poems 1974-1994

New and Selected Poems 1974-1994

Author: Stephen Dunn

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1995-05-17

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 039331300X

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Justly celebrated as one of our strongest poets, Stephen Dunn selects from his eight collections and presents sixteen new poems marked by the haunting "Snowmass Cycle."


Dream Of The Unified Field

Dream Of The Unified Field

Author: Jorie Graham

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2011-12-20

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0062105914

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The 1996 Pulitzer winner in poetry and a major collection, Jorie Graham's The Dream of the United Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994 spans twenty years of writing and includes generous selections from her first five books: Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts, The End of Beauty, Region of Unlikeness,and Materialism.


Selected Poems of Rita Dove

Selected Poems of Rita Dove

Author: Rita Dove

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1993-09-28

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0679750800

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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.


Nothing Will be as Sweet as the Taste

Nothing Will be as Sweet as the Taste

Author: Elana Nachman/Dykewomon

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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This is the work of an important poet. Widely recognised for her insightful, even incendiary, prose theory and compelling fiction, Elana Dykewomon's brilliantly crafted, elegant poetry is showcased here. Nothing Will Be As Sweet As The Taste collects new and earlier verse. Steeped in the intense energy of lesbian activism, these poems contextualise a vital period in 20th century history. Intimate, ironic or explicitly sexual, this is riveting poetry. Elana's is truly an original voice, balancing vision with hilarity, intellect with warmth.


Speaking in Tongues

Speaking in Tongues

Author: Charles Ghigna

Publisher: Livingston Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9780942979190

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Charles Ghigna is a poet and children's author. His serious poems appear in a wide variety of literary journals and magazines. A popular speaker at schools, colleges, teachers' and writers' groups, he has received fellowship grants and various awards and recognitions. This collection of poetry will make your days and nights wonderfully full.


New Selected Poems

New Selected Poems

Author: Ted Hughes

Publisher: New York ; Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : Harper & Row

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13:

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A collection of works by a contemporary English poet selected from twelve books of poetry written over a 25-year period.


Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs

Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs

Author: Stephen Dunn

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1999-12-17

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0393319571

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"This Astaire-like glide through our not-so-idle talk is a pleasure."—Publishers Weekly Stephen Dunn experiments with short, related pieces that play off each other in the manner of jazz improvisations. The resulting pairs cover such subjects as "Scruples/Saints," "Hypocrisy/Precision," and "Anger/Generosity." The wisdom and startling turns we've come to expect from Dunn are everywhere in the ninety miniatures (forty-five pairs) that comprise this volume.