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Once in the West

By Christian Wiman
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By Christian Wiman
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One of The New York Times' 10 Favorite Poetry Books of 2014

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

Winner of the 2015 Philosophical Society of Texas Award of Merit in Poetry

A searing new collection from one of our country's most important poets

Memories mercies

mostly aren't

but there were

I swear

days veined with grace

—from "Memory's Mercies"

Once in the West, Christian Wiman's fourth collection, is as intense and intimate as poetry gets—from the "suffering of primal silence" that it plumbs ...

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AwardsPoetryAmerican PoetryOther American Poetry21st Century American PoetryAmerican poetry->Male authorsAmerican poetry->21st century2014 National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistsNational Book Critics Circle AwardsPrevious Finalists - National Book Critics Circle Awards