Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In Travels, one of the most beautiful and moving collections of poetry of his career, W. S. Merwin displays his narrative gifts to provide us with a book of deep historical resonance and luminous poetic grace With each new book we have been reminded why, for forty years, he has remained a pivotal figure in the literary life of this country he] continues to earn his place as one of our most influential and compelling contemporary poets.
David St. John, Los Angeles Times Book Review"
Synopsis
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and "one of the greatest poets of our age ... the Thoreau of our era" (Edward Hirsch) delivers "one of the most beautiful and moving collections of poetry of his career ... a book of deep historical resonance and luminous poetic grace" (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
"With each new book we have been reminded why, for forty years, he has remained a pivotal figure in the literary life of this country ... he] continues to earn his place as one of our most influential and compelling contemporary poets." --Los Angeles Times Book Review