William Matthews's ten books have gradually earned him a place on the first roster of American poets -" as water licks its steady way through stone.
National Book Critics Circle Award (Poetry) 1995 1st Winner
Author(s): William Matthews
80 Pages
Poetry, Anthologies (multiple authors)
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About the Book
William Matthews's ten books have gradually earned him a place on the first roster of American poets - as water licks its steady way through stone. Very little of the poetry of the past twenty years, Henry Taylor has written in the Washington Times, is more intelligent and engaging than that of William Matthews . .. Admiring gratitude seems perfectly appropriate. The New Yorker has described Matthews's work as poems that revel in etymology and delight in colloquialism. And Carol Muske, in The Nation, has added: If asked, I couldn't come up with a poet more in tune with the ironies and stand-up vernacular, the jazz of the everyday, than William Matthews . . . Matthews is a wise and fine poet and a funny person. Like time and money, an unbeatable combination. This is a large-hearted book, a strong and worldly book, the work of five years by one of the most admired and generous of American poets. The National Book Critics Circle named it the winner of its 1995 award in poet
Book Synopsis
William Matthews's ten books have gradually earned him a place on the first roster of American poets -" as water licks its steady way through stone." " Very little of the poetry of the past twenty years," Henry Taylor has written in the Washington Times, " is more intelligent and engaging than that of William Matthews . .. Admiring gratitude seems perfectly appropriate." The New Yorker has described Matthews's work as " poems that revel in etymology and delight in colloquialism." And Carol Muske, in The Nation, has added: " If asked, I couldn't come up with a poet more in tune with the ironies and stand-up vernacular, the jazz of the everyday, than William Matthews . . . Matthews is a wise and fine poet and a funny person. Like time and money, an unbeatable combination. " This is a large-hearted book, a strong and worldly book, the work of five years by one of the most admired and generous of American poets. The National Book Critics Circle named it the winner of its 1995 award in poet
Review Quotes
"his new work is inlaid with an even deeper vein of irony and shaped by an even surer command of language, ..." Booklist, ALA
"It is a meditation on loss and grace that some of us will be thinking about for a long time." Amazon.com
Dimensions (Overall): 8.16 Inches (H) x 5.47 Inches (W) x .25 Inches (D)
Weight: .24 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 80
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: Anthologies (multiple authors)
Publisher: Ecco Press
Format: Paperback
Author: William Matthews
Language: English
Street Date: September 17, 1996
TCIN: 85135107
UPC: 9780395825266
Item Number (DPCI): 247-56-2853
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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