Written over a twenty-year period and selected by the author, these poems are the indispensable record of wide-ranging explorations of experience and of language. Brought together, they draw in bold, clear lines the profile of a central figure in contemporary poetry.. Alfred Corn draws with extraordinary skill on narrative, figurative, and metrical resources to frame challenging contemporary issues, autobiographical themes, and vivid observations of both the extraordinary and the everyday. Reflecting on subjects ranging ...
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Written over a twenty-year period and selected by the author, these poems are the indispensable record of wide-ranging explorations of experience and of language. Brought together, they draw in bold, clear lines the profile of a central figure in contemporary poetry.. Alfred Corn draws with extraordinary skill on narrative, figurative, and metrical resources to frame challenging contemporary issues, autobiographical themes, and vivid observations of both the extraordinary and the everyday. Reflecting on subjects ranging from the comic to the classical, Corns poetry is musical, meditative, passionate, and direct.These poems were gathered from six of Corns previous collections: All Roads at Once (1976), A Call in the Midst of the Crowd (1978), The Various Light (1980), Notes from a Child of Paradise (1984), The West Door (1988), and Autobiographies (1992).
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Very Good+ Very Good+ Dust Jacket. 1st printing of 1st edition. Very good+ hardcover with very good+ DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; text fine; corners sharp. Unclipped DJ has a few small tears, now protected in Mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Good in Missing jacket. Signed by author with inscription dated 2005. Hardbound without dust jacket. Covers beginning to flare outwards slightly. No text markings noted.
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Near fine condition. Near fine condition (DJ) Book. Octavo (8vo). 241 pages of text including an index to titles and first lines. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. First edition.
