About this title: When Galway Kinnell published his first SELECTED POEMS in 1983, he still had hundreds of poems to write. His recent output joins his work over the past 40 years in this volume, which includes many poems to which Kinnell has made minor revisions over the years.
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Description: Good. Softcover book in overall good condition. General light cover wear. There is some light soiling to the bottom text block. The pages are clean and unmarked. No names or writing. The binding is tight. A good reading copy. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition, First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780618154456ISBN:0618154450
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A very good paperback copy, seemingly unread and still much like new. The binding is solid, and there are no reading creases in the spine. The attractive cover shows only mild wear, mainly some slight softening of the corner tips. The text is clean and unmarked. ----------------------------------------------------Kinnell's earlier volume of selected poems won a Pulitzer Prize in 1982. This new selection contains poems from his many books of poetry, beginning ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780618021871ISBN:0618021876
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 2000-04-24
ISBN-13:9780618021871ISBN:0618021876
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Mariner/Houghton Mifflin, Boston and New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780618154456ISBN:0618154450
Description: Fine in N/A jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 4th ptg. xi, 179 pp. As issued. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780618154456ISBN:0618154450
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2001-09-13
ISBN-13:9780618154456ISBN:0618154450
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Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780618021871ISBN:0618021876
Description: Near Fine. Near Fine Dust Jacket. Out of print. IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. read more
"I heard him reading at SMU. That night he changed lines on "here and There"; told us he would do this. The poem was so much better. He said he felt it was."
I've been savoring this book at the rate of a poem per month since my daughter gave it to me. (Don't ask how many bookmarks are propped up beside my bed.)
Gallway Kinnell's anthology is a tour de force of free verse. Kinnell speaks in an unstilted, vernacular voice that requires no academic dissection. The poems are rife with sensory description and rich with apt and original metaphor. Each poem stands alone as a satisfying emotional experience and as a unique insight into the the poet's life.
In the chronological progression of the anthology, the poems become more personal, more powerful, and more varied. It is as if the poet, having accepted the bridle of his muse, is driven year by year at an accelerating pace of insight and passion. Galway Kinnell proves that man can outrun his banshee."
"I had to read this for a class that I'm taking, and goodness knows that I am not a poetry person. I will admit that I did like many of the poems in the book though. A couple in particular: "Oatmeal", "The Olive Wood Fire", "Prayer", and "After Making Love We Hear Footsteps". But...there were some poems that I simply felt my jaw drop. Yes, perhaps I am a bit squeemish about some things, but sentences like, "He is still inside her. His big tow sticks into the pot of strawberry jam." Really? Is that necessary?"
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