| Connecting the Dots: Poems Contributor(s): Kumin, Maxine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393316955 ISBN-13: 9780393316957 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: "Kumin's is a poetry of wide sympathy and tact in which the ecumenical flavor is dominant.... This collection is full of generational severance and renewal, and a tart and compassionate irony". -- The New Yorker In these new poems, her eleventh collection, the Pulitzer Prize -- winning poet focuses on the themes of family, friendship, the pleasures and rigors of rural life and the animal world that have always engaged her powerfully and fruitfully. Change and the things that never change attract Kumin's attention equally. Whether chronicling the bounty of summer, the cycle of seasons, or memories of youthful parties, her voice is clear, wise, and compelling. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 95044441 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.44" W x 8.13" (0.30 lbs) 88 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In these new poems, her eleventh collection, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet focuses on the themes of family, friendship, the pleasures and rigors of rural life and the animal world that have always engaged her powerfully and fruitfully. Change and the things that never change attract Kumin's attention equally. Whether chronicling the bounty of summer, the cycle of seasons, or memories of youthful parties, her voice is clear, wise, and compelling. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kumin, Maxine: - Maxine Kumin (1925--2014), a former U.S. poet laureate, was the author of nineteen poetry collections as well as numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. Her awards included the Pulitzer Prize, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award, the Poet's Prize, and the Harvard Arts and Robert Frost medals. |