Transfer

One of America's most beloved poets returns with a new collection

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Naomi Shihab Nye is the author or editor of more than 25 volumes. She has been a Lannan Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Witter Bynner Fellow (Library of Congress). She has received a Lavan Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize, four Pushcart Prizes, and numerous honors for her children's literature, including two Jane Addams Children's Book Awards. In 2012 she received an Honorable Mention in Poetry from the Arab American National Museum for Transfer. Her collection 19 Varieties of Gazelle was a finalist for the National Book Award. She is a regular columnist for Organica and poetry editor for The Texas Observer. Her work has been presented on National Public Radio on A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac. She has been featured on two PBS poetry specials: "The Language of Life with Bill Moyers” and "The United States of Poetry” and also appeared on NOW with Bill Moyers. She has been visiting writer for full semesters for The Michener Center at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Hawai'i. In January 2010 she was elected to the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Naomi Shihab Nye
• Verlag: BOA Editions, Limited
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 06.10.2011
• EAN: 9781934414521
• ISBN: 978-1-934414-52-1
• Seiten: 128
• Gewicht: 198 g
• Illustration: Illustrations
• Serien: American Poets Continuum; American Poets Continuum
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Lebensführung, Persönliche Entwicklung