PRAISE FOR "COLLECTED POEMS 1943-2004"
""Collected Poems 1943-2004" is the indispensable Wilbur. The emergence of a poet like Wilbur as a hero to a new generation of critics is cause for hope: that readers, not gatekeepers, might rediscover poems written in the spirit of generosity and care, and disciplined by the idea of an uncaptive audience."--"The New York Times Book Review "
"The work in these five hundred or so pages has been one of the saving graces of poetry in our time, as beautiful and moving as it is artful and accomplished. This collected edition will see a reader through quiet evenings and noisy Metro commutes, indeed through one's whole life."--"The Washington Post Book World"
PRAISE FOR"COLLECTED POEMS 1943-2004"
""Collected Poems 1943-2004"is the indispensable Wilbur. The emergence of a poet like Wilbur as a hero to a new generation of critics is cause for hope: that readers, not gatekeepers, might rediscover poems written in the spirit of generosity and care, and disciplined by the idea of an uncaptive audience."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"The work in these five hundred or so pages has been one of the saving graces of poetry in our time, as beautiful and moving as it is artful and accomplished. This collected edition will see a reader through quiet evenings and noisy Metro commutes, indeed through one's whole life."--"The Washington Post Book World"
PRAISE FOR "COLLECTED POEMS 1943-2004"
""Collected Poems 1943-2004" is the indispensable Wilbur. The emergence of a poet like Wilbur as a hero to a new generation of critics is cause for hope: that readers, not gatekeepers, might rediscover poems written in the spirit of generosity and care, and disciplined by the idea of an uncaptive audience."--"The New York Times Book Review "
"The work in these five hundred or so pages has been one of the saving graces of poetry in our time, as beautiful and moving as it is artful and accomplished. This collected edition will see a reader through quiet evenings and noisy Metro commutes, indeed through one's whole life."--"The Washington Post Book World"
PRAISE FOR
COLLECTED POEMS 1943-2004 "
Collected Poems 1943-2004 is the indispensable Wilbur. The emergence of a poet like Wilbur as a hero to a new generation of critics is cause for hope: that readers, not gatekeepers, might rediscover poems written in the spirit of generosity and care, and disciplined by the idea of an uncaptive audience."--
The New York Times Book Review "The work in these five hundred or so pages has been one of the saving graces of poetry in our time, as beautiful and moving as it is artful and accomplished. This collected edition will see a reader through quiet evenings and noisy Metro commutes, indeed through one's whole life."--
The Washington Post Book World
A "New York Times" Notable Book
"The indispensable Wilbur.""--The New York Times Book Review
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"The work in these 500 or so pages has been one of the saving graces of poetry in our time. Such a volume will see a reader through quiet evenings and noisy Metro commutes, indeed through one's whole life."--"The Washington Post Book World"
""Collected Poems"may well contain the most distinguished body of work by any American poet writing in the second half of the 20th century." " The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
"[Wilbur] should be read in the company of Robert Frost and Wallace Stevens." -- Harold Bloom
Richard Wilbur, poet and translator, is one of the preeminent men of letters of our time. He has served as poet laureate of the United States and his many other honors include a National Book Award, two Pulitzer Prizes, and the Bollingen Translation Prize. Wilbur lives in Cummington, Massachusetts, and Key West, Florida.
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