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Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud [With CD (Audio)]

by Robert Pinsky

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This lively, abundant book is distinguished by its focus on hearing poetry read aloud. Robert Pinsky, beloved for his ability to bring poetry to life as spoken language, has collected poems that sound marvelous in a reader's actual or imagined voice. Pinsky has organized the book into sections with brief introductions that emphasize the attentive, intuitive, and reflective process of listening to poetry. This structure provides an implicit, generous definition-by-example of poetry itself: beginning with "Short Lines, Frequent Rhymes" and "Long Lines" and proceeding through fundamental themes such as "Love Poems," "Odes, Complaints, and Celebrations," and "Jokes, Ripostes, Parodies, and Insults."

Essential Pleasures gives a fresh setting to traditional favorites, including poems by William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Frost, placed among contemporary poems by John Ashbery, Louise Glück, Yusef Komunyakaa, and many others. This is an inviting and distinguished collection and an essential book for every home.

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A vibrant anthology and accompanying CD that revive a great American tradition: the joy of reciting poetry aloud.

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Robert Pinsky was U.S. Poet Laureate from 1997 to 2000. The author of numerous collections, he is the poetry editor of Slate and the creator of the Favorite Poem Project. He lives and teaches in Boston.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780393066081
Author:
Pinsky, Robert
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Editor:
Pinsky, Robert
Author:
Pinsky, Robert
Subject:
Anthologies (multiple authors)
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Poetry -Anthologies
Copyright:
Publication Date:
April 2009
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
528
Dimensions:
9.6 x 6.6 x 1.5 in 1.97 lb

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