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Selected Poems 1965-1990
Marilyn Hacker
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Description for Selected Poems 1965-1990
Paperback. Here is a rich collection of work from five books by one of America's most controversial poets. Marilyn Hacker's poems have been praised for their technical virtuosity, forthright feminism, political acuity, and unabashed eroticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
Included are selections from Hacker's first book, Presentation Piece (1974), the Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of American Poets and a National Book Award Winner; Separations (1976); Taking Notice (1980), which was claimed as an integral part of the burgeoning feminist and lesbian canon; Assumptions (1985), which explored the conundrums of gender, race, and identity in contemporary life; and Going Back to the River(1990), which received a Lambda Literary Award.
Included are selections from Hacker's first book, Presentation Piece (1974), the Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of American Poets and a National Book Award Winner; Separations (1976); Taking Notice (1980), which was claimed as an integral part of the burgeoning feminist and lesbian canon; Assumptions (1985), which explored the conundrums of gender, race, and identity in contemporary life; and Going Back to the River(1990), which received a Lambda Literary Award.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393313499
SKU
V9780393313499
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Ref
99-1
About Marilyn Hacker
Marilyn Hacker is the author of nineteen volumes of poems. Her honors include the National Book Award, the Lambda Literary Award, the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, the Robert Fagles Translation Prize, and the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. She lives in Paris.
Reviews for Selected Poems 1965-1990
"Marilyn Hacker's poetry passes loss through wit, and makes it sing."
Diane Middlebrook "Marilyn Hacker is an essential American poet. In these poems elements of tone and theater find a balance which is witty and powerful all at once; which seems impossible but happens anyway. This is a poet of dazzling opposites. Her formal variety exists with a strong-willed ... Read more
Diane Middlebrook "Marilyn Hacker is an essential American poet. In these poems elements of tone and theater find a balance which is witty and powerful all at once; which seems impossible but happens anyway. This is a poet of dazzling opposites. Her formal variety exists with a strong-willed ... Read more