An Invitation to Poetry: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2006
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Bringing together 200 poems chosen by American readers, the anthology includes work by Sappho, Keats, Rilke, Whitman, and Dickinson, as well as by contemporary poets. The selections are introduced by people from all walks of life--a construction worker, a Supreme Court justice, a glass blower, a marine--each commenting on his or her connection to the poem. An Invitation to Poetry is accompanied by a free DVD featuring a video introduction by Robert Pinsky and 27 of the Favorite Poem Project segments as seen on PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
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- Title
- An Invitation to Poetry: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology
- Author
- Maggie Dietz
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393928381
- ISBN 13
- 9780393928389
The widely acclaimed Favorite Poem Project anthology, An Invitation to Poetry, edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz, is now available in a value-priced student paperback edition.
Bringing together 200 poems chosen by American readers, the anthology includes work by Sappho, Keats, Rilke, Whitman, and Dickinson, as well as by contemporary poets. The selections are introduced by people from all walks of life―a construction worker, a Supreme Court justice, a glass blower, a marine―each commenting on his or her connection to the poem.An Invitation to Poetry is accompanied by a free DVD featuring a video introduction by Robert Pinsky and 27 of the Favorite Poem Project segments as seen on PBS’s NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
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About the Author
Robert Pinsky is the award-winning author of over twenty volumes of poetry. He served as United States poet laureate from 1997 to 2000, during which time he founded the Favorite Poem Project. He teaches at Boston University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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