John Tagliabue is one of the most highly praised and prolific American poets writing today. Born in Cantu (Como), Italy, in 1923, he has been a Fulbright professor in Pisa, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Jakarta, and is Professor Emeritus of English at Bates College. This book represents the first substantial collection of his work and it should win for him the recognition he has long deserved. It includes selections from his books -- Poems (1959). A Japanese Journal (1966). The Buddha Uproar (1970), The Doorless Door (1970), and The ...
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John Tagliabue is one of the most highly praised and prolific American poets writing today. Born in Cantu (Como), Italy, in 1923, he has been a Fulbright professor in Pisa, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Jakarta, and is Professor Emeritus of English at Bates College. This book represents the first substantial collection of his work and it should win for him the recognition he has long deserved. It includes selections from his books -- Poems (1959). A Japanese Journal (1966). The Buddha Uproar (1970), The Doorless Door (1970), and The Great Day (1984) -- and some of the more than 1500 poems he has published in over 100 magazines. "Tagliabue writes out of a deeply sacramental sense of nature and history ... It comes to this reader, poem by poem, as a Franciscan act of poetry and praise". -- Amy Clampitt "His poems seem to appear in the world as naturally as wildflowers". -- Denise Levertov "Like a thread of sanity in the general murk, a constant music". -- Hayden Carruth
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Seller's Description:
VG. Trade softcvoer in grey wraps with photo of author to front, small 4to. 388pp. Index. VG. Mild stress waves with no assoicated effects, mild shelving soil page edges. Former price tag to inner side of rear wrap. Else fine: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. Neither ex-lib nor remainder.
Publisher:
National Poetry Foundation / University of Maine, 1997
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17986217925
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As new and bright glossy stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Gift quality. Nicely collecting John's poetry from his books. Includes large selections from John's five books: Poems, A Japanese Journal, The Buddha Uproar, The Doorless Door and The Great Day. It also contains many of the more 1500 poems the author had published in innumerable magazines. Gift quality.
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Like New. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. 388 p., 25 cm. "Tagliabue writes out of a deeply sacramental sense of nature and history. He is, moreover, that rare person to whom poetry appears to come as naturally as breathing. It comes to this reader, poem by poem, as a Franciscan act of courtesy and praise. --Amy Clampitt. Tagliabue eats noodles with the Emperor's brother, at least in his often astonishing poems. His real toads in imaginary gardens have a glint of oriental light in their eyes and their skin textures are almost frighteningly convincing. One of the most imaginative, diverse, universal yet personal American poets, his work is always accomplished and insinuatingly profound."-Willis Barnstone.
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Photos author ft cover. VG lg sz PB. Large selections from Tagliabue's five books. A deeply sacramental sense of nature and history, a Franciscan act of. Poetry and praise. Owner inscription.
