| Messenger: New and Selected Poems 1976-2006 Contributor(s): Voigt, Ellen Bryant (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393062503 ISBN-13: 9780393062502 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Startling new pieces join poems from the celebrated poet's previous collections. This collection arranges poems from the author's six highly praised books alongside a group of astonishing new pieces. "Her gift is the elegy, cool and direct as rain, but varied and intricate with masterful praise....Poems passionate but disciplined sing line by line."--2002 National Book Award finalist citation |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2006024613 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.62" W x 9.26" (1.09 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To witness the maturation of a poet over time is one of the great pleasures of reading. Here Ellen Bryant Voigt gives us that narrative distilled and amplified, arranging selections from six previous volumes to culminate in transcendent recent poems. |
Contributor Bio(s): Voigt, Ellen Bryant: - Ellen Bryant Voigt is the author of volumes of poetry, including Shadow of Heaven, a finalist for the National Book Award, and Messenger, a finalist for the National Book Award and for the Pulitzer Prize. Voigt was awarded the O. B. Hardison, Jr. Prize from the Folger Shakespeare Library, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Merrill Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets, where she was subsequently elected a chancellor. Her poems have appeared in an array of national journals and anthologies, including The Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry. She lives in Vermont and teaches in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. |