"The Catbird's Song" is a selection of prose pieces on a variety of topics by one of the most distinguished poets and translators of our time, Richard Wilbur, a former Poet Laureate of the United States. His many other honors include the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Bollingen Translation Prize.
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"The Catbird's Song" is a selection of prose pieces on a variety of topics by one of the most distinguished poets and translators of our time, Richard Wilbur, a former Poet Laureate of the United States. His many other honors include the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Bollingen Translation Prize.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. like new in a very goos jacket with Light shelfwear, No ownership marks, First Printing. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. The Catbird's Song is a selection of prose pieces, on a variety of topics, by one of the most distinguished poets and translators of our times, Richard Wilbur. These lectures, letters, reviews, addresses, prefaces, and interviews-what Wilbur calls the "prose by-products of a poet's life"-not only reveal the ideas and concerns that inform his remarkable oeuvre but also offer fresh takes on the works and lives of poets we thought we knew, poets we ought to know, and much more. Here, then, are his appreciations of Poe, Milton, Tennyson, and Longfellow; paeans to his contemporaries Elizabeth Bishop, Mae Swenson, and John Ciardi; an introduction to the work of the neglected poet Witter Bynner; his comments on some of his own poems; and thoughts on the art of translation. Throughout all, Wilbur's voice resonates with clarity, reason, and authority.
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Like New in Like New jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($25.00 price intact). Published by Harcourt & Brace, 1997. Octavo. Yellow cloth over yellow boards stamped in silver. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear. 242 pages. ISBN: 9780151002542. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
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Very Good in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Pages faintly yellowed in the margins, boards slightly bowed, very good in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing, faint tanning and mild edgewear. Richard Wilbur served as Poet Laureate of the United States and has also received the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize and the Bollingen Translation Prize.
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Very Good. 1st edition 1st printing-signed dated located and inscribed "For" on title page-bottom corner at spine dented-minor stain to back dust jacket-otherwise dust jacket and cover fine binding strong contents clean-(now in mylar cover-enjoy.
