The River Sound: Poems by Merwin, W. S.

The River Sound: Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375704352)

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The River Sound: Poems by Merwin, W. S.

The River Sound: Poems

$16.00
The River Sound: Poems by Merwin, W. S.

The River Sound: Poems

$16.00
Format: Paperback
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and "one of the greatest poets of our age ... the Thoreau of our era" (Edward Hirsch) comes a masterly work of poems, exhibiting the artistry and style he made his own.

A strikingly beautiful book of poems from one of our finest poets. To his lyrics Merwin adds three long narrative poems: "Lament for the Makers" is his tribute to fellow poets who are gone and who had his admiration, from Dylan Thomas to James Merrill; "Testimony" is a tour de force, an autobiographical poem in the manner of Francois Villon; "Suite in the Key of Forgetting" is a remarkable poem about memory and memories.

Author: W. S. Merwin
ISBN-10: 0375704353
ISBN-13: 9780375704352
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2000
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.22w x 0.45d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/17/2000 pg. 40
New York Times 12/03/2000 pg. 109
By W. S. Merwin
By W. S. Merwin
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W. S. MERWIN was born in New York City in 1927 and grew up in Union City, New Jersey, and in Scranton, Pennsylvania. From 1949 to 1951 he worked as a tutor in France, Portugal, and Majorca, and over the course of his life, he lived in many parts of the world.

He was the recipient of many awards and prizes, including the Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, the Governor's Award for Literature of the state of Hawaii, the Tanning Prize for mastery in the art of poetry, a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award, and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. He died in 2019.

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