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008			091607s2008 wau 000 0 eng
010			_a2008014578
020			_a9781556592843
050	0	0	_aPS3563.E75 _bS48 2008
082	0	0	_a811.54 MER
100	1		_aMerwin, W.S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019
245	1	4	_aThe shadow of Sirius _c/ W.S. Merwin
260			_aPort Townsend, Wash. _b: Copper Canyon Press _c, c2008.
300			_axii, 117 p. _c; 24 cm.
500			_aPoems.
520			_a"Merwin is one of the great poets of our age."-Los Angeles Times Book Review"The intentions of Merwin's poetry are as broad as the biosphere yet as intimate as a whisper."-The AtlanticThe nuanced mysteries of light, darkness, presence, and memory are central themes in W.S. Merwin's new book of poems. "I have only what I remember," Merwin admits, and his memories are focused and profound-the distinct qualities of autumn light, a conversation with a boyhood teacher, well- cultivated loves, and "our long evenings and astonishment." In "Photographer," Merwin presents the scene where armloads of antique glass negatives are saved from a dumpcart by "someone who understood." In "Empty Lot," Merwin evokes a child lying in bed at night, listening to the muffled dynamite blasts of coal mining near his home, and we can't help but ask: How shall we mine our lives?somewhere the Perseids are falling toward us already at a speed that would burn us alive if we could believe it but in the stillness after the rain ends nothing is to be heard but the drops fallingW.S. Merwin, author of over fifty books, is America's foremost poet. His last two books were honored with major literary awards: Migration won the National Book Award, and Present Company received the Bobbitt Prize from the Library of Congress.
586			_aUS Poet Laureate 2010-2011
650		4	_aAmerican poetry
942			_cMO
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