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Desesperanto: Poems 1999-2002

by Marilyn Hacker

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ISBN13: 9780393054187
ISBN10: 0393054187
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One of our strongest poets of conscience confronts the dangerous new century with intelligence, urbanity, and elegiac humor. Marilyn Hacker's acclaimed prosodic virtuosity is a catalyst for profound feeling and accurate thought. Desesperanto refines the themes of loss, exile, and return that have consistently informed her work, interweaving them into the fabric and vocabulary of ordinary life with a wit and brio that at once stem from and counteract despair.
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Marilyn Hacker's honors include a National Book Award. She lives in Paris and New York.
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ISBN:
9780393054187
Subtitle:
Poems 1999-2002
Author:
Hacker, Marilyn
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Location:
New York
Subject:
American - General
Copyright:
2003
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
107-285
Publication Date:
May 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
8.56x5.78x.64 in. .90 lbs.
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