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Jack and Other New Poems

Maxine Kumin

In her fifteenth collection, Maxine Kumin meditates on the social consequences of such events as the bicentennial of the Civil War, and looks to poets writing from circumstances vastly different from her own. With death the central theme, poems of the body and praise songs for beloved animals explore how memory consoles and haunts.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Jul 1st, 2006
  • Pages: 116
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.24in - 5.62in - 0.36in - 0.35lb
  • EAN: 9780393328523
  • Categories: American - General

About the Author

Kumin, Maxine: - Maxine Kumin (1925--2014), a former U.S. poet laureate, was the author of nineteen poetry collections as well as numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. Her awards included the Pulitzer Prize, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award, the Poet's Prize, and the Harvard Arts and Robert Frost medals.

Praise for this book

"[Kumin] is one of our very best writers, determined to celebrate and mourn, howl and sing."