The Book of Nightmares

The Book of Nightmares, a long visionary poem in ten parts comprised of seven strophes each, was first published in 1971 and is generally regarded as Galway Kinnell's masterpiece.

Galway Kinnell's poetry has always been marked by richness of language, devotion to the things and creatures of the world, and an effort to transform every understanding into the universality of art.