| Life Watch Contributor(s): Barnstone, Willis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1929918364 ISBN-13: 9781929918362 Publisher: BOA Editions OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2003 Annotation: "Life Watch: A Circle of Ninety-One Nights "is an ambitious sequence of -poems that begins in childhood, moves through Barnstone's adult years, and returns to youth. The poems engage and reflect on the civil wars that the author found himself in the midst of, Mexican orphanages, the cafes and arts salons in Paris, and walking with Borges. As the circles of these poems widen, they gather many perspectives on a life watched. Willis Barnstone has taught at universities in Greece and Argentina and authored more than 40 books-poetry collections, poetry translations, philosophical and religious texts. "The New Covenant, his literary translation of the New Testament," was published in 2001 (Riverhead Books). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2003044302 |
| Series: American Poets Continuum |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.06" W x 9.16" (0.49 lbs) 120 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Life Watch: A Circle of Ninety-One Nights is an ambitious sequence of -poems that begins in childhood, moves through Barnstone's adult years, and returns to youth. The poems engage and reflect on the civil wars that the author found himself in the midst of, Mexican orphanages, the cafes and arts salons in Paris, and walking with Borges. As the circles of these poems widen, they gather many perspectives on a life watched. Willis Barnstone has taught at universities in Greece and Argentina and authored more than 40 books--poetry collections, poetry translations, philosophical and religious texts. The New Covenant, his literary translation of the New Testament, was published in 2001 (Riverhead Books). |