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American Sonnets

Gerald Stern

In his thirteenth collection, the 1998 National Book Award winner presents us with fifty-nine "Stern Sonnets," of twenty or so lines rather than the traditional fourteen. Using the events of his life as starting points, Gerald Stern deals with time and loss, with the dichotomy of light and darkness, and--always--with the possibility of joy. This stunning collection moves from autobiography to the visionary in surges of memory and language that draw the reader from one poem to the next.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Nov 17th, 2003
  • Pages: 69
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.24in - 5.50in - 0.23in - 0.26lb
  • EAN: 9780393324969
  • Categories: American - General

About the Author

Stern, Gerald: - Gerald Stern (1925--2022), the author of nineteen volumes of poetry, was awarded the National Book Award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Wallace Stevens Award, among many other honors.

Praise for this book

"Gerald Stern is a romantic with a sense of humor ... a sometimes comic, sometimes tragic visionary."
Stern writes as if he had to take notice of every single thing in the world. "