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An explanation of America / Robert Pinsky

By:

Pinsky, Robert

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Princeton series of contemporary poetsPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press , c1979Description: 65 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

0691013608

Subject(s):

Poetry, American

DDC classification:

811 PIN

LOC classification:

PS3566.I54 E9

Summary: "[An] ambitious and immensely likable long poem . . . a poem which, a rare thing, seems to combine intimacy and authority." David Kalstone, The New York Times Book Review. "Wise and compassionate. . . . It is one of the most readable long poems in recent memory, graspable by all." Kenneth Funsten, The Los Angeles Times. " I can't imagine anyone who, after reading An Explanation of America, wouldn't want to return to it again and again." William H. Pritchard, Poetry

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	811 PIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		046169

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"[An] ambitious and immensely likable long poem . . . a poem which, a rare thing, seems to combine intimacy and authority." David Kalstone, The New York Times Book Review. "Wise and compassionate. . . . It is one of the most readable long poems in recent memory, graspable by all." Kenneth Funsten, The Los Angeles Times. " I can't imagine anyone who, after reading An Explanation of America, wouldn't want to return to it again and again." William H. Pritchard, Poetry

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