Watch Fire: Poems

Merrill, Christopher; St. John, David (introduction)

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ISBN 10: 1877727431 ISBN 13: 9781877727436

Published by White Pine Press, New York, 1994

Language: English

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Title

Watch Fire: Poems

Publisher

White Pine Press, New York

Publication Date

1994

Language

English

ISBN 10

1877727431

ISBN 13

9781877727436

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First Edition.

Condition

Fine

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"Christopher Merrill is one of the most gifted, audacious, and accomplished poets of an extraordinarily rich generation..... This collection shows a complex talent developing and extending its original high promise."--W.S. Merwin

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Christopher Merrill has published four collections of poetry, including Watch Fire, for which he received the Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets; several edited volumes and works in translation; and four books of nonfiction. He directs the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.

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