Synopses & Reviews
Norman Dubie has one of the most radical imaginations in American letters.
Winner of the PEN Literary Award for Poetry, The Mercy Seat includes selections from each of Dubie’s 17 previous volumes. Whether illuminating a common laborer or a legendary thinker, Dubie meets his subjects with utter compassion for their humanity and the dignity behind their creative work. In pursuit of the well-told story, his love of history is ever-present—though often he recreates his own.
“With its restoration of so many out-of-print poems and its addition of new works, The Mercy Seat was one of last year’s most significant publications.” —American Book Review
“The voices of Dubie’s monologues are full of astonishing intimacy.” —The Washington Post Book World
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Winner of the PEN Literary Award for Poetry culls the best from Dubie's seventeen volumes.
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Paperback edition of prize-winning collected poems; "Norman Dubie is one of our premier poets." --New York Times
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Poetry. This is the paperback edition of Norman Dubie's prize-winning collected poems. Winner of the PEN Literary Award for Poetry, THE MERCY SEAT includes selections from each of Dubie's seventeen previous volumes. Whether illuminating a common laborer or a legendary thinker, Dubie meets his subjects with utter compassion for their humanity and the dignity behind their creative work. Norman Dubie has one of the most radical imaginations in American Letters. "THE MERCY SEAT was one of last year's most significant publications"--American Book Review.
About the Author
Norman Dubie is the author of nineteen books of poetry and served as poetry editor for The Iowa Review and director of the graduate poetry workshop at the University of Iowa. He helped found the MFA program at Arizona State University in Tempe, where he teaches as a regents professor for creative writing.