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Facts about the Moon: Poems

Dorianne Laux

In her powerful fourth collection, Dorianne Laux once again strikes fire from neighborhood moments: a quiet street at dusk, a pool hall, a bare tree. Focusing on the grace of working people, she captures the pain and beauty of women in all their variety, caught in the "lunar pull" of our time.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: May 1st, 2007
  • Pages: 104
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.18in - 5.54in - 0.31in - 0.30lb
  • EAN: 9780393329629
  • Categories: American - General

About the Author

Laux, Dorianne: - Dorianne Laux's poetry collections include Only as the Day Is Long, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; The Book of Men, winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize; and Facts about the Moon, winner of the Oregon Book Award. She is the coauthor of The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry. A founding faculty member of Pacific University's Low Residency MFA Program, she lives in Richmond, California.

Praise for this book

To understand why her work is so widely read and admired, listen to the music Dorianne Laux makes, line after line....She is quick-witted and compassionate, with a genius for phrasing that never compromises the perfect clarity of her text....Continually engaging and, at her best, luminous.--Steve Kowit "San Diego Union-Tribune"