The Contracted World - New & More Selected Poems

Passionate and compassionate, these poems are both deeply imagined and accessible to the general reader, focusing on personal and political life in American society.

About the author

Peter Meinke holds the Darden Chair in Creative Writing at Old Dominion University. He has been a professor of literature and creative writing at Eckerd College and has served as writer-in-residence at numerous colleges, including University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University of Hawaii. Meinke has published seven prior books of poetry, including Scars, Zinc Fingers, and Liquid Paper. He is also the author of six poetry chapbooks and the recipient of numerous awards, including the Olivet Prize, the Paumanok Award, three Poetry Society of America Awards, the Flannery O'Connor Award, and two NEA Fellowships.

Summary

Passionate and compassionate, these poems are both deeply imagined and accessible to the general reader, focusing on personal and political life in American society.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Meinke
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.01.2006
• EAN: 9780822959182
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-5918-2
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 235 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 231 g
• Series: Pitt Poetry Series; Pitt Poetry Series
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama