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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780375711275
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 0375711279
Label: Knopf
Manufacturer: Knopf
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: January 13, 2009
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date: January 13, 2009
Studio: Knopf
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From Sleeping with One Eye Open (1964) through the wonderful middle work that includes The Continuous Life (1990) and crowned by the Pulitzer Prize–winning Blizzard of One (1998) and his most recent new collection, Man and Camel (2006), this book gives us an essential selection of Mark Strand’s poetry from across the entire span of his remarkable career to date.
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I purchased this collection of Strand's poetry after reading a review in the New Yorker Magazine which also reviewed a new release of Robert Hass's works. Strand's poems are beautiful and thought provoking. He has a way of using words that I've never experienced before. One of my favorites, "Moontan," takes me away to a distant place that rings familiar. The same would be true with "The Good Life," which make me think about how short and unpredictable life is. I would recommend this book ... Read More
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Strand's most recent collection provides a compelling selection of his brilliant poetry. The poems develop a haunting sense of a world ready to crack but one that is held together by the moral and aesthetic force of Strand's imagination. Some of the poems are puzzlers; most are the kind you want to read aloud to someone near you.
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Poets and artists usually create their most significant work early in their career. Perhaps I never warmed to Strand's poetry in the past because I never had the chance to read enough of the early poems. Even his book-length poem "The Dark Harbor" didn't convince me nor his Pulitzer-winning collection "Blizzard of One". Could never figure out why he was named Poet Laureate. This New Selected Poems by Mark Strand arrives twenty-five years after his last Selected and explains everything. It is a most ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780375711275
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 0375711279
Label: Knopf
Manufacturer: Knopf
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: January 13, 2009
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date: January 13, 2009
Studio: Knopf