| June-Tree: New and Selected Poems, 1974-2000 Contributor(s): Balakian, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 006055617X ISBN-13: 9780060556174 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: Prize-winning poet and New York Times-bestselling author Peter Balakian offers the best of his previous poetry, as well as thirteen new poems. For three decades, Peter Balakian's poetry has been praised widely in the United States and abroad. He has created a unique voice in American poetry -- one that is both personal and cosmopolitan. In sensuous, elliptical language, Balakian offers a textured poetry that is beautiful and haunting as it envelops an American grain, the reverberations of the Armenian Genocide, and the wired, discordant realities of contemporary life. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Haiku - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 00047276 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.2" W x 9.04" (0.63 lbs) 178 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
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| Publisher Description: Prize-winning poet and New York Times-bestselling author Peter Balakian offers the best of his previous poetry, as well as thirteen new poems. For three decades, Peter Balakian's poetry has been praised widely in the United States and abroad. He has created a unique voice in American poetry -- one that is both personal and cosmopolitan. In sensuous, elliptical language, Balakian offers a textured poetry that is beautiful and haunting as it envelops an American grain, the reverberations of the Armenian Genocide, and the wired, discordant realities of contemporary life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Balakian, Peter: - Peter Balakian is the author of Black Dog of Fate, winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for Memoir and a New York Times Notable Book, and June-tree: New and Selected Poems 1974-2000. He is the recipient of many awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship. He holds a Ph.D. in American Civilization from Brown University and teaches at Colgate University, where he is a Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities. |