| Jack and Other New Poems Contributor(s): Kumin, Maxine (Author) |
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ISBN: 039332852X ISBN-13: 9780393328523 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: "Measured but warm, this work draws you in; it is another success among her many titles."--"Library Journal" In her fifteenth collection, Maxine Kumin meditates on the social consequences of such events as the bicentennial of the Civil War, and looks to poets writing from circumstances vastly different from her own. With death the central theme, poems of the body and praise songs for beloved animals explore how memory consoles and haunts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.62" W x 8.24" (0.35 lbs) 116 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In her fifteenth collection, Maxine Kumin meditates on the social consequences of such events as the bicentennial of the Civil War, and looks to poets writing from circumstances vastly different from her own. With death the central theme, poems of the body and praise songs for beloved animals explore how memory consoles and haunts. |
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. |