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Bloodaxe Poetry Introductions 3

Bloodaxe Poetry Introductions 3( )
Editor: Astley, Neil
Author: Gilbert, Jack
Hirshfield, Jane
Kinnell, Galway
Merwin, W. S.
ISBN:978-1-85224-767-6
Publication Date:Jan 2008
Publisher:Bloodaxe Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $22.95
Book Description:

Presents an anthology useful for the general reader as well as the poetry lover. This book covers four contemporary poets with selections covering the range of each writer's poetry. It includes background material, profiles, interviews, essays and commentary by the poets. It aims to address heart, spirit and mind to illuminate the human condition.

Book Details
Pages:96
Detailed Subjects: Poetry / Women Authors
Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Poetry / American / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.382 x 8.424 x 0.273 Inches
Book Weight:0.35 Pounds
Author Biography
Gilbert, Jack (Editor)
Galway Kinnell was born on February 1, 1927 in Providence, Rhode Island. During World War II, he served in the Navy. He received a B.A. from Princeton University in 1948 and a M.A. from the University of Rochester in 1949. He taught writing at many schools around the world, including universities in France, Australia, and Iran, and served as director of the creative writing programs at New York University.

He wrote several collections of poetry including Body Rags, The Book of Nightmares, Walking down the Stairs, When One Has Lived a Long Time, Imperfect Thirst, and Mortal Acts, Mortal Words. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and a National Book Award for Selected Poems in 1983. He also wrote one novel entitled Black Light. He died from leukemia on October 28, 2014 at the age of 87.

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