| Benchmarks: New and Selected Poems 1963-2013 Contributor(s): Dauenhauer, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1602232091 ISBN-13: 9781602232099 Publisher: University of Alaska Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2012048322 |
| Series: University of Alaska Press - The Alaska Literary |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.61" W x 9.09" (0.91 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Russian, German, Tlingit. Like the languages he translates, Richard Dauenhauer's poetry offers unexpected surprises. A prolific translator who also works in Finnish, Swedish, and classical Greek, he has a poetic command of language that has earned him wide recognition over fifty years of published work. Benchmarks spans these decades of writing, and each poem contained within marks a certain place in time and space, like a surveyor's benchmark. The poems play with language while focusing on the land and people of Alaska. And like Alaska itself, this book offers a variety of delights--readers will find a new experience with each turn. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dauenhauer, Richard: - Richard Dauenhauer (1942 2014) was a widely recognized translator and former poet laureate of Alaska. Several hundred of his translations of poetry have appeared in a range of journals and magazines. |