Come Closer and Listen: New Poems Contributor(s): Simic, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062908472 ISBN-13: 9780062908476 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
Dewey: 811.54 |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.25 lbs) 96 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An insightful and haunting new collection from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic From poems pithy, wry, and cutting--"Time--that murderer/that no has caught yet"--to his layered reflections on everything from love to grief to the wonders of nature, from the story of St. Sebastian to that of a couple weeding side by side, Simic's work continues to reveal to us an unmistakable voice in modern poetry. An innovator in form and a chronicler of both our interior lives and the people we are in the world, Simic remains one of our most important and lasting voices on the page. |
Contributor Bio(s): Simic, Charles: - Charles Simic, poet, essayist, and translator, was born in Yugoslavia in 1938 and immigrated to the United States in 1954. Since 1967, he has published twenty books of his own poetry, in addition to a memoir; the essay collection The Life of Images; and numerous books of translations for which he has received many literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the Griffin Prize, the MacArthur Fellowship, and the Wallace Stevens Award. Simic is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books and in 2007 was chosen as poet laureate of the United States. He is emeritus professor at the University of New Hampshire, where he has taught since 1973, and is distinguished visiting writer at New York University. |