| Pleasure Dome: New and Collected Poems Contributor(s): Komunyakaa, Yusef (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819567396 ISBN-13: 9780819567390 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: Best known for Neon Vernacular, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1994, and for Dien Cai Dau, a collection of poems chronicling his experiences as a journalist in Vietnam, Yusef Komunyakaa has become one of America's most compelling poets. Pleasure Dome gathers the poems in these two distinguished books and five others--over two and a half decades of Komunyakaa's work. In addition, Pleasure Dome includes 25 early, uncollected poems and a rich selection of 18 new poems. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 00010231 |
| Series: Wesleyan Poetry |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.15 lbs) 445 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Yusef Komunyakaa has become one of America's most compelling poets. Pleasure Dome gathers over twenty-five years of work, including early uncollected poems and a rich selection of new poems. Best known for Neon Vernacular, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1994, and for Dien Cai Dau, a collection of poems chronicling his experiences as a journalist in Vietnam, Yusef Komunyakaa has become one of America's most compelling poets. Pleasure Dome gathers the poems in these two distinguished books and five others--over two and a half decades of Komunyakaa's work. In addition, Pleasure Dome includes 25 early, uncollected poems and a rich selection of 18 new poems. |