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World Doesnt End

by Charles Simic

ISBN13: 9780156983501
ISBN10: 0156983508

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In this collection, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize, Charles Simic puns, pulls pranks. He can be jazzy and streetwise. Or cloak himself in antiquity. Simic has new eyes, and in these wonderful poems and poems-in-prose he lets the reader see through them.

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CHARLES SIMIC was born in Belgrade and emigrated to the United States in 1954. He is the author of many books of poetry and prose. Among other honors, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 and served as the Poet Laureate of the United States in 2007-2008.

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`	crowyhead , January 30, 2008 (view all comments by crowyhead) I know Simic is supposed to be fantastic, but I consistently felt like I was missing the point with this collection of poems. Some were amusing, some were shocking, but overall I didn't feel like the collection made much of an impact on me.
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ISBN:: 9780156983501
Binding:: Trade Paperback
Publication date:: 03/14/1989
Publisher:: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
Series info:: Harvest Book
Pages:: 88
Height:: 7.50 in
Width:: 5.50 in
Thickness:: .35
Number of Units:: 1
Series Volume:: 29
Author:: Charles Simic
Subject:: Literature
Subject:: Poetry-A to Z
Subject:: Prose poems, American
Subject:: Single Author / American
Subject:: Poetry (poetic works by one author)

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