| At My Ease: Uncollected Poems of the Fifties and Sixties: Uncollected Poems of the Fifties and Sixties Contributor(s): Ignatow, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1880238551 ISBN-13: 9781880238554 Publisher: BOA Editions OUR PRICE: $12.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1997 Annotation: Drawing from his literary fathers Walt Whitman and William Carlos Williams, David Ignatow writes poems that eschew ornamentation as they locate the fierce, uncompromising truths of the human spirit. This book is Mr. Ignatow's eighteenth collection of poetry. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Philosophy | Free Will & Determinism - Philosophy | Mind & Body |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 97072087 |
| Series: American Poets Continuum |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.46 lbs) 175 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing from his literary fathers Walt Whitman and William Carlos Williams, Bollingen Prize-winning poet David Ignatow eschews ornamentation in favor of embracing the fierce, uncompromising truths of the human spirit in his eighteenth collection. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ignatow, David: - David Ignatow (1914-1997) was the author of more than 25 books including Living Is What I Wanted: Last Poems (BOA 1999) and At My Ease: Uncollected Poems of the Fifties and Sixties (BOA 1998). Ignatow's many honors include a Bollingen Prize, two Guggenheim fellowships, the John Steinbeck Award, and a National Institute of Arts and Letters award "for a lifetime of creative effort." He also received the Shelley Memorial Award, the Frost Medal, and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. During his literary career, Ignatow worked as an editor of American Poetry Review, Analytic, Beloit Poetry Journal, and Chelsea Magazine, and as poetry editor of The Nation. |
