An invitation to poetry
Subtitle: a new Favorite Poem Project anthology / edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz with the editorial assistance of Rosemarie Ellis.
Contributors: Pinsky, Robert.; Dietz, Maggie.; Ellis, Rosemarie.; Favorite Poem Project (U.S.)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Poetry -- Translations into English; American poetry; English poetry
Genres: Translations into English.
Description: "A collection of 200 poems chosen by American readers, some of them appearing on the DVD, with a video introduction by Robert Pinsky." "For readers unaccustomed to reading poetry, this anthology offers a way into the art. For those devoted to poetry, it offers examples of the infinitely various ways a poem reaches a reader." "The videos on the accompanying DVD feature 27 of the acclaimed Favorite Poem Project documentaries as seen on PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Poems by Sappho, Keats, Rilke, Whitman, and Dickinson, as well as contemporary poets, are introduced by people from across the United States - a construction worker, a Supreme Court justice, a glass blower, a marine - each speaking about his or her connection to the poem. Their comments are variously poignant, funny, heartening, tart, penetrating, and eccentric, showing some of the ways in which poetry is alive for American readers."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283) and index.
"Includes a DVD featuring project participants."
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