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20%OFFW S Merwin - Moon Before Morning - 9781780371016 - V9781780371016
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Moon Before Morning

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Description for Moon Before Morning Paperback. Latest collection by one of America's leading poets finds him, now in his mid-80s, reflecting on time and memory. Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 238.
W.S. Merwin was arguably the most influential American poet of the last half-century – an artist who has transfigured and reinvigorated the vision of poetry for our time. An essential voice in modern American literature, he was United States Poet Laureate in 2010-11. The Moon Before Morning is a love letter composed in a stunning rush of memory. Answering the call set forth in The Shadow of Sirius (2009), which won him his second Pulitzer Prize, Merwin extends the emotional and intellectual reach of that collection with passionate reverence for the natural world, bittersweet reflection on time’s irrevocable ravages, and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780371016
SKU
V9781780371016
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About W S Merwin
W.S. Merwin (1927-2019) was Poet Laureate of the United States in 2010-11. He received most of the principal prizes in American poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize (twice), the Bollingen Prize and the Tanning Prize and a Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award. Bloodaxe published his Selected Poems in 2007, prior to which his poetry had been unavailable in Britain for over 35 ... Read more

Reviews for Moon Before Morning
The Moon Before Morning is a book of drive, finesse and astonishing beauty...There are few great poets alive at any one time, and W.S. Merwin is one of them. Read him while he is still contemporary.
Fiona Sampson
Guardian
W.S. Merwin’s legacy is unquestionably secure: his best and most fierce poems are moody, visionary compositions that dive ... Read more

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