Gabriel: A Poem
Longlisted for the 2014 National Book Award Never has there been a book of poems quite like Gabriel, in which a short life, a bewildering death, and the unanswerable sorrow of a father come together in such a sustained... See More
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Quick ViewLonglisted for the 2014 National Book Award Never has there been a book of poems quite like Gabriel, in which a short life, a bewildering death, and the unanswerable sorrow of a father come together in such a sustained... See More
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Quick ViewA masterful work by a master poet, this brilliant summation of poetry and human nature will speak to all readers who long to place poetry in their lives. How to Read a Poem is an unprecedented exploration of poetry and... See More
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Quick View100 of the most moving and inspiring poems of the last 200 years from around the world, a collection that will comfort and enthrall anyone trapped by grief or loneliness, selected by the award-winning, best-selling, and... See More
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Quick ViewIn his seventieth year, the award-winning poet looks back on what was and accepts what is, in a deeply moving and beautiful sequence about what sustains him. Beginning with "My Friends Don't Get Buried," the lament of a... See More
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Quick ViewEdward Hirsch's sixth collection is a descent into the darkness of middle age, narrated with exacting tenderness. He explores the boundaries of human fallibility both in candid personal poems, such as the title piece -- a... See More
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Quick ViewA rich and significant collection of more than one hundred poems, drawn from a lifetime of "wild gratitude" in poetry. In poems chronicling insomnia ("the blue-rimmed edge / of outer dark, those crossroads / where we meet... See More
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Quick ViewAn excerpt from the poem, Wild Gratitude: "Tonight when I knelt down next to our cat, Zooey, And put my fingers into her clean cat's mouth, And rubbed her swollen belly that will never know kittens, And watched her... See More
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Quick View"Life has to have the plenitude of art," Edward Hirsch affirms in his fifth volume of poems, On Love, which further establishes him as a major artist. From its opening epigraph by Thomas Hardy and an initiating prayer for... See More
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Quick ViewEdward Hirsch's strong, arresting poems have been praised from the start of his career. Of his second book, Wild Gratitude, Robert Penn Warren said, "I am convinced that the best poems here are unsurpassed in our time"... See More
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Quick ViewIn Special Orders, the renowned poet Edward Hirsch brings us a new series of tightly crafted poems, work that demonstrates a thrilling expansion of his tone and subject matter. It is with a mixture of grief and joy that... See More
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Quick ViewStraightforward and precise, these poems, almost exclusively in narrative form, beckon the reader with their immediacy. Gracefully confirming the inextricable links between self and family, Hirsch, winner of a National Book... See More
Logline: This darkly romantic comedy is embedded in the incredible but true story of the Khazars, an ancient people from the Russian steppes, who almost saved humanity. See More
by David Lehman
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Quick ViewThe premier anthology of contemporary American poetry continues -- guest edited this year by award-winning poet Edward Hirsch, a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and the president of The John Simon Guggenheim... See More
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Quick ViewA Poet's Glossary was an extraordinary achievement that continues to stand as a definitive source for poets and poetry lovers alike. Here, The Essential Poet's Glossary gleans the very best from that extraordinary volume... See More
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Quick ViewAn acclaimed poet and our greatest champion for poetry offers an inspiring and insightful new reading of the American tradition We live in unsettled times. What is America and who are we as a people? How do we understand... See More
The Nov/Dec 2018 issue of the Kenyon Review includes a special feature "Getting and Spending" compiled by poetry editor David Baker and the winners of the 2018 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers. Authors in this... See More
The Winter 1995-96 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Tim O'Brien & Mark Strand. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics... See More
by Frank Bidart
Quick ViewThe Spring 1983 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Gail Mazur. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary... See More
by Ann Beattie
Quick ViewThe Winter 2005-06 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by David St. John. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary... See More
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Quick ViewAn issue of Ploughshares from Winter 1990-91, guest-edited by Gerald Stern. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and... See More
The Spring 2010 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Elizabeth Strout. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary... See More