Sure Signs - New and Selected Poems

“ Kooser is the master of the short poem. I found it impossible to put "Sure Signs "down until I had finished the entire book. It is a pleasure to read a poet like Kooser whose imagination is naturally metaphorical.”
"--Hudson Review"

About the author

Ted Kooser was named U.S. Poet Laureate for 2004-2006. He was born in Ames, Iowa, in 1939. Kooser was educated in the Ames public schools, at Iowa State University, and the University of Nebraska. His awards include two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, the Stanley Kunitz Prize from Columbia magazine, and the 1981 Society of Midland Authors Award for Poetry for Sure Signs. His poems have appeared in many magazines including the Antioch Review, the Hudson Review, and the Kenyon Review.

Summary

The publication of Ted Kooser's Sure Signs: New and Selected Poems is a literary event of major importance. Long admired and praised by other poets, Kooser is also accessible to the reader not familiar with contemporary poetry.

Product details

• Authors: Ted Kooser
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.1980
• EAN: 9780822953135
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-5313-5
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 212 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 159 g
• Series: Pitt Poetry (Paperback); Pitt Poetry Series; Pitt Poetry (Paperback); Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies