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Looking for Luck

Maxine Kumin

From a marketplace in Bangkok to the fields of New Hampshire, from recollections of her own childhood to celebrations of an infant grandson, Kumin stakes her far-flung claims with authority in her tenth book of poetry.--Publishers Weekly

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Feb 1st, 1993
  • Pages: 96
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.24in - 5.53in - 0.36in - 0.33lb
  • EAN: 9780393309478
  • 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

Her poems become increasingly unforgettable, indispensable. . . . Thoreau would commend her honesty, the precision of her language and her occasional moral allegory.-- "New York Times Book Review"