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Thomas R. Smith (Ed.) - Robert Bly in This World - 9780816677702 - V9780816677702
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Robert Bly in This World

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Description for Robert Bly in This World Hardback. Editor(s): Lenfestey, James; Smith, Thomas R. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.

In 1958, a powerful new voice in American poetry emerged from the windswept prairie farmland of western Minnesota. Beginning with publication of The Fifties, “a magazine of poetry, translation and general opinion,” Robert Bly’s transformative poetry, translations, essays, and poetry readings rolled across the country like an invigorating prairie storm.

In his eighty-third year, to celebrate acquisition of his archives, the Elmer L. Andersen Library at the University of Minnesota sponsored a major conference, Robert Bly in This World. This is the record of that historic event. Scholars and authors from America and England presented papers on Bly’s poetry, translations, ... Read more

In Robert Bly’s long career as a poet and translator, he has authored more than forty volumes. His pioneering prose explorations of ancient stories include the international bestseller Iron John. His latest collection of poems, Talking into the Ear of a Donkey, was released in 2011.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816677702
SKU
V9780816677702
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About Thomas R. Smith (Ed.)
Thomas R. Smith is the author of five books of poems, most recently The Foot of the Rainbow (2010). He edited the festschrift Walking Swiftly: Writing and Images on the Occasion of Robert Bly’s 65th Birthday (1992). He teaches at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. James P. Lenfestey, a former editorial writer for the Minneapolis–St. Paul Star ... Read more

Reviews for Robert Bly in This World
"I had never even heard Rumi’s name before attending Robert Bly’s Great Mother Conference in 1976. . . . As he handed me my copy, he said, ‘These poems need to be released from their cages.’"—Coleman Barks "Robert Bly’s antiwar poetry . . . engages in mental combat so as to depress the corporeal. I deeply believe that there are ... Read more

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