The Yellow Shoe Poets, 1964-1999: Selected Poems - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0807124508 ISBN 13: 9780807124505

Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1999

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George Garrett is the author or editor of more than forty books, including the poetry collection Days of Our Lives Lie in Fragments: New and Old Poems, 1957--1997. He has won numerous awards, among them the Rome Prize of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the T. S. Eliot Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award for Short Fiction. He is Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Virginia.

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What, you might ask, is a "yellow shoe" poet? If you skip the introduction to this fine, interesting anthology, you won't have a clue; it's simply LSU (Louisiana State University) poets said with a Southern drawl. Unfortunately, the title reveals nothing of the wealth of poetry inside. Including at least one poem from every poetry book published by LSU Press since the inauguration of its poetry series in 1964Aover 200 books, representing over 90 poetsAthe collection offers such well-known poets as Margaret Gibson, Dave Smith, Lisel Mueller, and Robert Penn Warren and many other excellent but less-famous poets. What makes this anthology even more inviting is that the living poets selected the poems themselves. Unfortunately, in some cases a poet is represented by only one poem, but the more widely published poets have as many as four. Inevitably, the collection offers a hodgepodge of styles and subjects, but this variety allows for a wide look at contemporary American poetry. Recommended for both public and academic collections.ADoris Lynch, Monroe Cty. P.L., Bloomington, IN
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About this edition

• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0807124508
• ISBN 13: 9780807124505
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Garrett George