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  • Published: 21 June 1994
  • ISBN: 9780679752776
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $34.99
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Travels

Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize




A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and “one of the greatest poets of our age … the Thoreau of our era” (Edward Hirsch) delivers “one of the most beautiful and moving collections of poetry of his career … a book of deep historical resonance and luminous poetic grace” (Los Angeles Times Book Review).  

“With each new book we have been reminded why, for forty years, he has remained a pivotal figure in the literary life of this country … [he] continues to earn his place as one of our most influential and compelling contemporary poets.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review

  • Published: 21 June 1994
  • ISBN: 9780679752776
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $34.99
Categories:

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"One of the greatest poets of our age. He is a rare spiritual presence in American life and letters (the Thoreau of our era).” —Edward Hirsch “One of the most distinctive and original voices in American poetry" —The New Yorker

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