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A Phone Call to the Future: New and Selected Poems

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Phone Call to the Future: New and Selected Poems
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mary Jo Salter
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 148
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780375711565
ClassificationsDewey:811.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Imprint Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date 15 September 2009
Publication Country United States

Description

This "wholly attractive volume" that brings together twenty-five years of "elegantly shaped and voiced creations" (William Pritchard, The Boston Globe) offers a generous sampling of Mary Jo Salter's five previous award-winning volumes and a collection of superb new poems. A mid-career retrospective of one of the major poets of her generation.

Author Biography

Mary Jo Salter is the author of five previous books of poetry and a children's book, The Moon Comes Home. She is a professor in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. She divides her time between Amherst, Massachusetts, and Baltimore.

Reviews

"Only a few poets transcend the history of taste to participate in the history of art-and only in a handful of poems. Salter has been struck by lightning more than once." -James Longenbach, The New York Times Book Review "Poems that are deeply human, brilliantly realized, and refreshingly perceptive." -Julie Hale, BookPage