Morning in the Burned House sees Margaret Atwood's poetry returning to the fiery intensity of her early books, such as The Circle Game (1966), which won the Canadian Governor General's Award, and Procedures for Underground (1970), which established her as an international voice. These beautifully crafted poems - by turns dark, playful, intensely moving, tender, and intimate - come together as Atwood's most accomplished and versatile gathering to date, "setting foot on the middle ground/between body and word." Some poems ...
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Morning in the Burned House sees Margaret Atwood's poetry returning to the fiery intensity of her early books, such as The Circle Game (1966), which won the Canadian Governor General's Award, and Procedures for Underground (1970), which established her as an international voice. These beautifully crafted poems - by turns dark, playful, intensely moving, tender, and intimate - come together as Atwood's most accomplished and versatile gathering to date, "setting foot on the middle ground/between body and word." Some poems draw on history and on myth, both classical and popular. Others, more personal, concern themselves with love and the fragility of the natural world in a contemporary landscape haunted by images of the past. Morning in the Burned House, Atwood's first poetry collection in a decade, shines with breathtaking insight, technical virtuosity, and a clarity of vision that has the force to change the way we look at our lives. As Michael Ondaatje has written, "Margaret Atwood bri
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Good. Ex-library hardcover with stickers and labels but otherwise appears only lightly used. The dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering. All items ship Monday-Saturday-Fast Shipping in a secure package. Your purchase will help support the programs and collections of the Johnson County (Kansas) Library.
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As New in As New jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1995 127 pages. As New/As New. First Edition, First Printing. DJ is As New with a protective mylar cover. Tight, unread collectible copy.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Two Time Booker Prize Author Margaret Atwood in person. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 127 p. Audience: General/trade. A Fine, as New, copy; tight, never read, and in Pristine Condition; in a Near Fine dust jacket. American First Edition-First Printing ending with a 1. Signed, signature only, on the Title page, by Multi Award Winning Author Margaret Atwood, in person, during the 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival on September 18, 2016. A photo of Margaret during her event at the Festival, and the event announcement will be included. "Morning In The Burned House" is a collection of beautifully crafted poems; by turns dark, playful, intensely moving, tender, and intimate. Margaret brings a swift, powerful energy to these meditative poems that often begin in domestic settings, and then broaden into numinous dialogues. Rest assured, this collectible, hard to find Signed copy, is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
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May have some shelf-wear due to normal use. Your purchase funds free job training and education in the greater Seattle area. Thank you for supporting Goodwill's nonprofit mission!
