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ISBN-10: 0880014776
ISBN-13: 9780880014779
Publisher: Ecco Press
Publish Date: 08/11/1999
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 6.00" W, 0.70" H

First Four Books of Poems

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Overview

The First Four Books of Poems collects the early work that established Louise Gluck as one of America’s most original and important poets. Honored with the Pulitzer Prize for The WildIris, Gluck was celebrated early in her career for her fierce, austerely beautiful voice. InFirstborn, The House on Marshland Wand, Descending Figure, and The Triumph of Achilles, which wonthe National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, we see the conscious progression of apoet who speaks with blade-like accuracy and stirring depth.

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Reviews

"This is courageous writing. . . . when Gluck applies lyric grace to her own mysterious vision she captivates her readers, assuming her rightful place among the finest poets of the age." – Mary Karr, author of The Liar's Club

"[Louise Gluck's] poems are delicately intense, spun out of fire and air, with a tensile strength that belies their fragility. They are rooted in landscape and weather and, increasingly, in intimacies of the heart. Everything she touches turns to music and legend." – Calvin Bedient

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Details

ISBN-10: 0880014776
ISBN-13: 9780880014779
Publisher: Ecco Press
Publish Date: 08/11/1999
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 6.00" W, 0.70" H
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