CONVERSATIONS WITH RICHARD WILBUR. University Press of Mississippi Literary Conversations Series.

Wilbur, Richard. William Butts (editor).

ISBN 10: 0878054251 / ISBN 13: 9780878054251

Published by Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1990., 1990

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xx, 266 pages. Paperback: H 22.75cm x L 15.25cm. Stiff paper covers. An as new copy which remains in the publisher's original shrink-wrap. ISBN 0878054251.

Seller Inventory # Z626X-3892

Bibliographic Details

• Title: CONVERSATIONS WITH RICHARD WILBUR. University Press of Mississippi Literary Conversations Series.
• Publisher: Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1990.
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878054251
• ISBN 13: 9780878054251
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Criticism

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Synopsis

With wit, charm, and grace, the interviews in this collection demonstrate what readers of Wilbur's poems long have suspected: that this former U.S. Poet Laureate is no less persuasive and forceful in extemporaneous speech than he is in verse and prose.

Wilbur proves as enlightening and thought-provoking with student reporters from Amherst College, his alma mater, as with journalists for The Paris Review, displaying the same dazzling talents that garnered him the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and again thirty years later.

Opinionated, yet ever-charitable, he presents the case for rhyme and meter in a dozen different ways in just as many interviews. He expresses a degree of admiration for poetic opposites such as Allen Ginsberg and addresses the objections of his critics.

Wilbur's comments and keen insights on his coevals and his craft read as articulately as fine prose. His observations never fail to stimulate or to challenge.

About the Author

William Butts is the editor of Conversations with Richard Wilbur, published by University Press of Mississippi.