A Phone Call to the Future: New and Selected Poems
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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A Phone Call to the Future: New and Selected Poems
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Mary Jo Salter
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:240 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 148 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780375711565
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| Classifications | Dewey:811.54 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
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| Imprint |
Alfred A. Knopf
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| Publication Date |
15 September 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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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
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