Looking for Luck

by Maxine Kumin

Overview

"From a marketplace in Bangkok to the fields of New Hampshire, from recollections of her own childhood to celebrations of an infant grandson, Kumin stakes her far-flung claims with authority in her tenth book of poetry."—Publishers Weekly

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393309478
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	02/17/1993
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	1340L (what's this?)

About the Author

Maxine Kumin (1925—2014), a former U.S. poet laureate, was the author of nineteen poetry collections as well as numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. Her awards included the Pulitzer Prize, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award, the Poet’s Prize, and the Harvard Arts and Robert Frost medals.

Editorial Reviews

"Her poems become increasingly unforgettable, indispensable. . . . Thoreau would commend her honesty, the precision of her language and her occasional moral allegory."

New York Times Book Review