New and Selected Poems 1974-2004 - (Penguin Poets) by Carl Dennis (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The New York Times has called Carl Dennis's poetry "wise, original, and deeply moving." A poet with a growing audience of admirers, Dennis writes in a clear, classically simple language that is both personal and universal. Making use of a rich variety of genres--advice, meditation, elegy, and prophecy--his poems take unexpected turns as they explore their subjects, catching the reader off balance in a way that is liberating. This new anthology gathers the best of his eight previous books along with a generous sampling of new poems.

Review Quotes

?Mr. Dennis eases the reader out of accustomed modes of seeing and perceiving, heightening awareness not only of limitations, but of imaginative possibilities of dealing with them.? ("The New York Times Book Review") Dennis constantly surprises.? (Joseph Parisi, in announcing Dennis as the winner of the 2000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize)

aMr. Dennis eases the reader out of accustomed modes of seeing and perceiving, heightening awareness not only of limitations, but of imaginative possibilities of dealing with them.a ("The New York Times Book Review") aDennis constantly surprises.a (Joseph Parisi, in announcing Dennis as the winner of the 2000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize)

Mr. Dennis eases the reader out of accustomed modes of seeing and perceiving, heightening awareness not only of limitations, but of imaginative possibilities of dealing with them. ("The New York Times Book Review") Dennis constantly surprises. (Joseph Parisi, in announcing Dennis as the winner of the 2000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize)

"Mr. Dennis eases the reader out of accustomed modes of seeing and perceiving, heightening awareness not only of limitations, but of imaginative possibilities of dealing with them." ("The New York Times Book Review") "Dennis constantly surprises." (Joseph Parisi, in announcing Dennis as the winner of the 2000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize)

"Mr. Dennis eases the reader out of accustomed modes of seeing and perceiving, heightening awareness not only of limitations, but of imaginative possibilities of dealing with them."

About the Author

Carl Dennis is the author of nine books of poetry, including Practical Gods, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. A recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, in 2000 he was awarded the Ruth Lilly Prize from Poetry Magazine and the Modern Poetry Association for his contribution to American poetry. He teaches in the English Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and is a sometime member of the faculty of the MFA program in creative writing at Warren Wilson College.