Now and Then: The Poet's Choice Columns, 1997-2000 (Signed First Edition)

Robert Hass

ISBN 10: 1593761465 / ISBN 13: 9781593761462

Published by SHOEMAKER & HOARD, Berkeley, 2007

About this Item

New York: Shoemaker and Hoard [2007]. First edition. First printing. Very fine/very fine in all respects, a pristine, unread copy. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Comes with mylar jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box with bubble wrap. Smoke-free shop. Poetry-Office.

Seller Inventory # Bpass0507-3

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Now and Then: The Poet's Choice Columns, 1997-2000 (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: SHOEMAKER & HOARD, Berkeley
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1593761465
• ISBN 13: 9781593761462
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

During his years as Poet Laureate, Robert Hass revived a popular 19th–century tradition: including poetry in our daily newspapers. "Poet's Choice" went on to appear as a nationally syndicated column across the country from 1997 to 2000. The column, which featured poems relevant to current headlines, serves as a symbol of the continuing importance of poetry in our daily lives. This collection contains well–known poets such as Wallace Stevens, Rita Dove, John Ashbery, and Robert Frost, as well as emerging and translated poets such as Jaime Sabines and Czeslaw Milosz. Also included are Hass's essays that accompanied the poems. Encapsulating a world before 9/11, this collection serves as both remembrance and reminder of a period in our history, and as a celebration of the poets whose works transcend time.

About the Author

Robert Hass served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997 and as a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets from 2001 to 2007. He lives in California with his wife, poet Brenda Hillman, and teaches at the University of California, Berkeley.

Paul Ebenkamp previously edited the Counterpoint title The Etiquette of Freedom, a conversation with Jim Harrison and Gary Snyder and Song of Myself, a collection of poems from Walt Whitman. He lives and works in Berkeley, California.