Selected Poems by James Wright (English) Paperback Book

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Fills a significant gap in Wright's bibliography, that of an accessible, carefully chosen collection to satisfy both longtime readers and those just discovering his work.

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The first selected poems of a major poet who "wrote with more heart than any other North American poet of the twentieth century" (Rodney Jones, Parnassus) More than any other poet of his generation, James Wright spoke to the great sadness and hope that are inextricable from the iconography of America: its rail yards, rivers, cities, and once vast natural beauty. Speaking in the unique lyrical voice that he called his "Ohioan," Wright created poems of immense sympathy for sociey's alienated and outcast figures and also of ardent wonder at the restorative power of nature. Selected Poems fills a significant gap in Wright's bibliography: that of an accessible, carefully chosen collection to satisfy both longtime readers and those just discovering his work. Edited and with an introduction by Wright's widow, Anne, and his close friend the poet Robert Bly, who also wrote an introduction, Selected Poems is a personal, deeply considered collection of work with pieces chosen from all of Wright's books. It is an overdue--and timely--new view of a poet whose life and work encompassed the extremes of American life.

Author Biography

James Wright (1927-80) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972. His books include Saint Judas, Shall We Gather at the River, and The Branch Will Not Break. FSG published Above the River: The Complete Poems in 1992.

Details ISBN0374529027 Short Title SEL POEMS Language English ISBN-10 0374529027 ISBN-13 9780374529024 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2005 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Illustrations black & white illustrations Edited by Robert Bly DOI 10.1604/9780374529024 Translated from English UK Release Date 2005-11-05 Author Robert Bly Pages 176 Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc DEWEY 811 Audience General AU Release Date 2005-05-10 NZ Release Date 2005-05-10 Publication Date 2005-05-11 US Release Date 2005-05-11 We've got this

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