The Long Marriage - Poems (Hardcover, 1st ed)

"Her poems become increasingly unforgettable, indispensable."—The New York Times Book Review

After her near-fatal accident, chronicled in her remarkable memoir, Inside the Halo and Beyond, Maxine Kumin feared that poetry might have "deserted" her. This luminous, reflective collection proves her wrong, and it is a special cause for celebration.

Themes of loyalty, longevity, and recovery appear here, and in a series of poems Kumin finds inspiration in addressing other poets, especially the eminent dead: "Skinnydipping with Wordsworth," "Imagining Marianne Moore in a Butterfly Garden," "Rilke Revisited." Especially intimate and poignant are poems about Anne Sexton, "Three Poems After a Suicide." Finally, nature, both directly and metaphorically, continues to engage Kumin. "Inescapably," she says, "many poems come up out of the earth I live on and tend to."

General

Imprint:	W.W. Norton & Company Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2002
Authors:	Maxine Kumin
Dimensions:	219 x 150mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	72
Edition:	1st ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-04351-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > From 1900 > Works by individual poets
LSN:	0-393-04351-7
Barcode:	9780393043518

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