|
|
|||
|
||||
Awards
OverviewFor over four decades, Gerald Stern has been writing his own brand of expansive, deep-down American poetry. Now in his nineties, this “sometimes comic, sometimes tragic visionary” (Edward Hirsch) engages a lifetime of memories in his poems, blending philosophical, wide-ranging intellect with boisterous wit. Memory unites the poems in Blessed as We Were, which reach back through seven collections written over almost two decades. Stern explores casual miracles, relationships, and the natural world in Last Blue (2002); offers a satirical and redemptive vision in Everything Is Burning (2005) and Save the Last Dance (2008); meditates on the metamorphosis of aging in In Beauty Bright (2012); and captures the sensual joys of life—even when they are far in the past—in the wistful love poems and elegies of Galaxy Love (2017). The volume concludes with over two dozen new poems that combine the metaphysical with the domestic, from the passage of time and the cost of love to the profound banality of cardboard and its uses. With his characteristic exuberant, oracular voice animating every line, Stern reminds us why he is one of the great American poets, one who has long “been telling us that the best way to live is not so much for poetry, but through poetry” (New York Times Book Review). Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gerald SternPublisher: WW Norton & Co Imprint: WW Norton & Co Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.534kg ISBN: 9781324002338ISBN 10: 1324002336 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 01 October 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsOne of our most influential and beloved poets, fifty years after the publication of his first book, Gerald Stern is still in love, still angry, still outraged, and still funny. Blessed as We Were is the expression of a full life of loving, a crowning achievement, the luminous offering of an American original. -- Toi Derricotte """One of our most influential and beloved poets, fifty years after the publication of his first book, Gerald Stern is still in love, still angry, still outraged, and still funny. Blessed as We Were is the expression of a full life of loving, a crowning achievement, the luminous offering of an American original."" -- Toi Derricotte" Author InformationGerald Stern (1925—2022), the author of nineteen volumes of poetry, was awarded the National Book Award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Wallace Stevens Award, among many other honors. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |