A collection of haunting lyricism that evokes the beauty and hardship of the rural South, by a revered American master of letters--the award-winning, bestselling author of the novels Serena, Something Rich and Strange, and Above the Waterfall. In this incandescent, profound, and accessible collecti
New and Selected Poems
β Scribed by Donald Justice
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 1995;2010
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 70 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
"He is one of our finest poets, " Anthony Hecht has said of Donald Justice. Winner most recently of a 1996 Lannan Literary Award, Justice has been the recipient of almost every contemporary grant and prize for poetry, from the Lamont to the Bollingen and the Pulitzer. The present volume replaces his 1980 Selected Poems and contains, in addition, poems from the last 15 years.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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