The Shadow of Sirius
Merwin, W. S.
From Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions, St. Johnsbury, VT, U.S.A.
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Quantity: 1From Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions, St. Johnsbury, VT, U.S.A.
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First Edition/First Printing, as stated on copyright page, with Copper Canyon Press number line denoting first printing, beginning with a 2.Hardcover in dustjacket. 117 pages. It is gratifying to read poetry that is this ambitious, that cares about vision and the possibilities of poetry, by a poet who is capable of so much change. Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Mr. Merwin died on March 15, 2019. The poet was 91. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box. Seller Inventory # 5062
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Shadow of Sirius
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press, Port Townesend, Washington
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Featured on NPR's "Fresh Air" and "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" on PBS.
Honored as one of the "Best Books of the Year" from Publishers Weekly.
"In his personal anonymity, his strict individuated manner, his defense of the earth, and his heartache at time's passing, Merwin has become instantly recognizable on the page; he has made for himself that most difficult of creations, an accomplished style." --Helen Vendler, The New York Review of Books
"Merwin is one of the great poets of our age."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"[The Shadow of Sirius is] the very best of all Merwin: I have been reading William since 1952, and always with joy." --Harold Bloom
"[Merwin's] best book in a decade--and one of the best outright... The poems... feel fresh and awake with a simplicity that can only be called wisdom." --Publishers Weekly
"Merwin's gentle wisdom and attentiveness to the world are alive as ever. These deeply reflective meditations move through light and darkness, old love and turning seasons to probe the core of human existence." --Orion
"[The Shadow of Sirius] shows the earthly possibilities of simple completeness in a writer's mature work. More than an achievement in poetry, this is an achievement in writing." --Harvard Review
The nuanced mysteries of light, darkness, presence, and memory are central themes in W.S. Merwin's new book of poems. "I have only what I remember," Merwin admits, and his memories are focused and profound--the distinct qualities of autumn light, a conversation with a boyhood teacher, well-cultivated loves, and "our long evenings and astonishment." In "Photographer," Merwin presents the scene where armloads of antique glass negatives are saved from a dumpcart by "someone who understood." In "Empty Lot," Merwin evokes a child lying in bed at night, listening to the muffled dynamite blasts of coal mining near his home, and we can't help but ask: How shall we mine our lives?
somewhere the Perseids are falling
toward us already at a speed that would
burn us alive if we could believe it
but in the stillness after the rain ends
nothing is to be heard but the drops falling
W.S. Merwin, author of over fifty books, is America's foremost poet. His last two books were honored with major literary awards: Migration won the National Book Award, and Present Company received the Bobbitt Prize from the Library of Congress.
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