num_pages: 400
description: Randall Jarrell was only fifty-one at the time of his death, in 1965, yet he created a body of work that secured his position as one of the century's leading American men of letters. Although he saw himself chiefly as a poet, publishing a number of books of poetry, he also left behind a sparkling comic novel, four children's books, numerous translations, haunting letters, and four collections of essays. Edited by Brad Leithauser, No Other Book draws from these four essay collections, reminding us that Jarell the poet was also, in the words of Robert Lowell, "a critic of genius."
language: English
title: No Other Book: Selected Essays
titlecomplete: No Other Book: Selected Essays
genres: Essays, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Criticism, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 74
publisher: Harper Perennial