Lay Back the Darkness: Poems - Hardcover

Hirsch, Edward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375415211 ISBN 13: 9780375415210

Verlag: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2003

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A new anthology of poetry by the author of Earthly Measures offers a haunting study of human fallibility, love, and the fleeting nature of life in which he describes his reactions to reading classic poetic texts, prays for his Azheimer's-afflicted father, and reveals the transcending nature of art and the troubled history of his Jewish faith.

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Edward Hirsch has published five previous books of poems: For the Sleepwalkers (1981), Wild Gratitude (1986), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Night Parade (1989), Earthly Measures (1994), and On Love (1998). He has also written three prose books, including How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry (1999), a national best-seller, and The Demon and the Angel: Searching for the Source of Artistic Inspiration (2002). A frequent contributor to leading magazines and periodicals, including The New Yorker, DoubleTake, and American Poetry Review, he also writes the Poet’s Choice column for the Washington Post Book World. He has received the Prix de R

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• Verlag: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0375415211
• ISBN 13: 9780375415210
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 73
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