A follow-up to the author's highly acclaimed Kyrie, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, offers an intimate exploration of the obstacles and joys of modern life.
From Sharon Olds—a stunning new collection of poems that project a fresh spirit, a startling energy of language and counterpoint, and a moving, elegiac tone shot through with humor.<br><br>From poems that erupt out of history and childhood to those that embody the nurturing of a new generation ...
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This 11th collection, by the 1999 recipient of the Academy of American Poets Lenore Marshall Prize, uses vivid, visceral language to examine issues of identity and relationships. This volume was nominated for the 2001 National Book Award.
A capstone to Nemerov's career of nearly thirty years, showing the expansion and increasing richness of his voice and vision and the sharpening of his perception and craft.
More than two hundred poems, including Buckdancer's Choice, The Eagle's Mile, and previously unpublished "apprentice" works, document the development of a major literary figure who has greatly influenced a younger generation of poets.