Selected poems
By: James Wright ; edited by Robert Bly and Anne Wright.
Contributors: Bly, Robert.; Wright, Anne
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar,Straus and Giroux; Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
Description: More than any other poet of his generation, James Wright spoke to the great sadness and hope that are inextricable from the iconography of America: its rail yards, rivers, cities, and once vast natural beauty. Speaking in the unique lyrical voice that he called his "Ohioan," Wright created poems of immense sympathy for society's alienated and outcast figures and also of ardent wonder at the restorative power of nature. Selected Poems fills a significant gap in Wright's bibliography: that of an accessible, carefully chosen collection to satisfy both longtime readers and those just discovering his work. Edited and with an introduction by Wright's widow, Anne, and his close friend the poet Robert Bly, who also wrote an introduction, Selected Poems is a personal, deeply considered collection of work with pieces chosen from all of Wright's books. It is an overdue--and timely--new view of a poet whose life and work encompassed the extremes of American life.