In this compilation of older and newer poems, Strand demonstrates his mastery of cadence and narrative style.
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Mark Strand was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and was raised and educated in the United States and South America.He is the author of many books of poems, a book of stories, and three volumes of translations, and he was the editor of several anthologies. He received many honors and awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize (forBlizzard of One), the Bollingen Prize, and the Gold Medal for Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1990, he was appointed poet laureate of the United States. He died in August 2013."
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book is in near fine condition, with clean pages, solid, intact binding, and clean, intact cloth bookboards. Dust Jacket is good, with some yellowing due to age, and two small tears, one at top and one at bottom. Note on Edition: This book has original poems not appearing in any book, so is first edition, but also includes poems from his previous books. ABOUT THE BOOK: Mark Strand (April 11, 1934 November 29, 2014) was a Canadian-born American poet, essayist and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990 and received the Wallace Stevens Award in 2004. Strand was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University from 2005 until his death in 2014. Seller Inventory # ABE-1723062038458
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First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 152 pages. A mid career collection of poems from this acclaimed writer who went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for his collection "Blizzard of One" and was also the 1990-1991 Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. A tight near fine copy in purple cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some slight tonine to the edges. Seller Inventory # 205232
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Atheneum, 1980. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Strand loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 152 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Purple boards stamped in gilt. Orange topstain. Unclipped dust jacket is toned along edges with some creasing. Boards gently worn along bottom edges. Binding is sound. Stain to top 1/8 of fore-edge, but only very slight and faint bleeding over to pages. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 8481
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