Jane Hirschfield (18 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. "With the exactitude of a surgeon and the sensuous attention of a chef, Hirshfield addresses, essay by essay, the art, craft, and act of making poetry . . . These essays are both brilliantly ambitious--one random passage in her last piece, on 'writing and the threshold life,' flows 14th-century Japanese poet Ono no Komachi (whose poems she has translated in the past) into Czeslaw Milosz into Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman--and confidently clear." -- Village Voice Nine essays on the connection poetry forges between inner and outer lives, from esteemed poet and thinker Jame Hirshfield. Nine Gates begins with a close examination of the roots of poetic craft in "the mind of concentration" and concludes by exploring the writer's role in creating a sense of community that is open, inclusive and able to bind the individual and the whole in a way that allows each full self-expression. in between, Nine Gates illumines the nature of originality, translation, the various strategies by which meaning unfolds itself in language, poetry's roots in oral memory and the importance of the shadow to good art. Delving into the nature of poetry, Jane Hirshfield also writes on the nature of the human mind, perception and experience. Nine Gates is about the underpinnings of poetic craft, but it is also about a way of being alive in the world: alertly, musically, intelligently, passionately, permeably. In part a primer for the general reader, Nine Gates is also a manual for the working writer, with each "gate" exploring particular strategies of language and thought that allow a poem to convey meaning and emotion with clarity and force. Above all, Nine Gates is an insightful guide to the way the mind of poetry awakens our fundamental consciousness of what can be known when a person is most fully alive.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Common reader on the pleasures of poetry and how poetry 'counters isolation and loneliness' . Deep reading in the rich music and vision of poetry. 10 Chapters. Essays on poetry. First paperback edition. 300 pages of text. Acknowledgements, Permissions. Condition: Text as new except for a few underlines on pages 26-27. Cover image : St. Augustine in His Study (detail) by Vittore Carpaccio. S.Giorgio degli, Venice, Italy. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson . Includes 9 B&W photographs as Illustration. Multiple. Photographs (illustrator). …

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Contains work on and by Pico Iyer, Adam Saroyan, Jane Hirshfield et al.

Audio Book (DVD). Condition: Good. DVD MOVIE POLISHED FOR YOUR VIEWING SATISFACTION withdrawn from the library collection. You will receive a reliable DVD MOVIE.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 175 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.52 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 175 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.52 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 175 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.52 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: Good. . Uncorrected Proof. Writing inside. [0060553669] From the collection of Tom Verlaine. Verlaine was a guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was a founding member of the seminal punk rock band Television. He was known for his innovative guitar playing and songwriting, and he is considered to be one of the most important and influential musicians of the past 50 years.…

Condition: Very Good. . Uncorrected Proof. [0060553480] From the collection of Tom Verlaine. Verlaine was a guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was a founding member of the seminal punk rock band Television. He was known for his innovative guitar playing and songwriting, and he is considered to be one of the most important and influential musicians of the past 50 years.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Full number line down to 1. Inscribed by Jane Hirschfield to title page. In maroon cloth with gilt to spine. Sharp corners, clean interior with solid binding. Jacket is unclipped with light wear. 1st Printing. Inscribed by author.…

First serial publication. Contained in the Winter 1997 issue of The Threepenny Review, which includes work by (among others) Gina Berriault, Ruth Fainlight, P. N. Furbank, Thom Gunn, August Kleinzahler, Robert Pinsky, Mary Jo Salter, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, and Frederick Wiseman.

First serial publication. Contained in the Summer 1993 issue of The Threepenny Review, which includes work by (among others) John Berger, Michael Dorris, Lars Eighner, Louise Glück, Donald Hall, Yusef Komunyakaa, Philip Levine, Arthur Lubow, Robert Pinsky, and Dean Young.

Condition: NEW.

Condition: very good. no dustjacket. 8vo pp.87. book.

First edition. As new in stiff pictorial wrappers. With a generous selection of work from each of these American poets.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good paperback. Overall a great reading copy. Fewer than 5 pages of the foreword have underlining, otherwise no markings to the text. 103 pp.