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Walking to Martha's Vineyard

Poems

Franz Wright

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English
Random House USA Inc
05 April 2005
In this radiant new collection, Franz Wright shares his regard for life in all its forms and his belief in the promise of blessing and renewal. As he watches the ""Resurrection of the little apple tree outside / my window,"" he shakes off his fear of mortality, concluding ""what death . . . There is only / mine / or yours,- / but the world / will be filled with the living."" In prayerlike poems he invokes the one ""who spoke the world / into being"" and celebrates a dazzling universe-snowflakes descending at nightfall, the intense yellow petals of the September sunflower, the planet adrift in a blizzard of stars, the simple mystery of loving other people. As Wright overcomes a natural tendency toward loneliness and isolation, he gives voice to his hope for ""the only animal that commits suicide,"" and, to our deep pleasure, he arrives at a place of gratitude that is grounded in the earth and its moods.
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Imprint:   Random House USA Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 211mm,  Width: 147mm,  Spine: 7mm
Weight:   96g
ISBN:   9780375710018
ISBN 10:   0375710019
Pages:   96
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Franz Wright was born in Vienna in 1953 and grew up in the Northwest, the Midwest, and Northern California. His most recent works include The Beforelife (which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) and Ill Lit- Selected & New Poems. He has been the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Fellowship, and the PEN/Voelcker Prize, among other honors. He works at the Edinburg Center for Mental Health and the Center for Grieving Children and Teenagers and lives in Waltham, Massachusetts, with his wife, Elizabeth.

Reviews for Walking to Martha's Vineyard: Poems

The volume should go far toward reestablishing interest in the religious dimensions of American literature. <p>-Philip F. Gura, Newman Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


  • Winner of Pulitzer Prize 2004

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