About this title: Gibbons Ruark is a poetic naturalist, bending close to his subject to report with precision the complexity of beauty we overlook in our haste. A truly imaginative writer as well, however, Ruark gives back to us not merely mirrored documentation but reflections fully colored by his sight and his spirit; like water and sky, both subject and poet are illuminated in his poems. Passing Through Customs, a retrospective of thirty years' work, is arranged in clusters of image, feeling, and thought, like runs of a particular kind of music. The reader moves from two coastal poems, years apart on the ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
ISBN-13:9780807123621ISBN:0807123625
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Date Published: 4-1-99
ISBN-13:9780807123621ISBN:0807123625
Description: FINE. Crisp, clean, unread paperback with light to moderate shelfwear/edgewear to the covers, possible light crease-Nice! ! 0.41 lbs. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Date Published: 1999-04
ISBN-13:9780807123621ISBN:0807123625
Description: Good. Never read ex-library softback book, typical library markings, no highlighting, underlining or notes, good reading, study, research book. read more
Description: Very Good. Hardcover w / dustjacket. Very good condition; edges, corners, and covers of book show minor wear. No underlining; no highlighting; no internal markings. DJ is Very Good. In sealed plastic protection. 1999. Hardcover w / dustjacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. A
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780807123614ISBN:0807123617
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First printing. Inscribed by the author on the title page. The boards are slightly bowed. Price code line on the top edge. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has a touch of edgewear. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
ISBN-13:9780807123621ISBN:0807123625
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Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780807123614ISBN:0807123617
Description: Fine in Fine DJ. 8vo. 99 pp. Book and dustjacket are in pristine condition. First edition. read more
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