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Worshipful Company of Fletchers

by James Tate

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Awards

1994 National Book Award Winner

Synopses & Reviews

Review:

"These new poems...deliver the typical Tate-esque trope de grace to all sanctimonious poses and stodgy cogitation, all verdigris-encrusted mental statuary." Carolyne Wright, Harvard Review

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"[James Tate] never ceases to astonish, dismay, delight, confuse, tickle, and generally improve the quality of our lives." John Ashbery

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"...Mr. Tate's gift is such that many of [his] poems move me at least to plain envy of what he can do." W.S. Merwin

About the Author

James Tate was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1943. He is the author of Memoir of the Hawk (2001); Shroud of the Gnome (1997); Worshipful Company of Fletchers (1994), which won the National Book Award; Selected Poems (1991), which won the Pulitzer Prize and the William Carlos Williams Award for Poetry; Distance from Loved Ones (1990); Reckoner (1986); Constant Defender (1983); Riven Doggeries (1979); Viper Jazz (1976); Absences (1972); Hints to Pilgrims (1971); The Oblivion Ha-Ha (1970); and The Lost Pilot (1967), which was selected by Dudley Fitts for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. He is also the author of three books of prose, including a collection of stories, Dreams of a Robot Dancing Bee, and the editor of The Best American Poetry 1997. His many honors include the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets. He teaches at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780880014311
Author:
Tate, James
Publisher:
Ecco
Author:
by James Tate
Subject:
American
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Single Author *
Subject:
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Subject:
General Poetry
Edition Description:
Pbk
Publication Date:
December 1995
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
96
Dimensions:
8.28x5.48x.32 in. .25 lbs.

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