Words for My Daughter

by John Balaban

Overview

A National Poetry Series title, selected by W.S. Merwin. "These stunning and courageous poems haunt us with their compassion. Balaban is the master of juxtapositions. As the landscape of a ravaged Vietnam melts into the American Southwest we are reminded that there are no national boundaries to the human spirit."—Maxine Kumin

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781556590375
Publisher:	Copper Canyon Press
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Series:	National Poetry Series
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

John Balaban is the author of a dozen books of poetry, prose, and Vietnamese translations whose prizes include the Lamont Award, the William Carlos Williams Award, and two National Book Award nominations. His work has been featured on NPR's "Fresh Air," New York Times, and Utne Reader. He teaches at North Carolina State University.

Editorial Reviews

For in that realm of scorpion and snakeep his soul cried out and the woman cameep fashioned from light and veiled in rain.ep He followed a god through desert wastes.ep From "Peyote Villanelle". Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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