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Great Kids' Book by Dr. Seuss-like Author
Speedy Larue liked to dig. It took him a whole year to do it, but he dug all the way through the world from Pennsylvania to Tasmania. Down under, Speedy found people and places to be more wonderous than he had expected. Tasmanians found that Speedy had brought them important news about gravity. When Speedy returned to Pennsylvania, he shared the fun of his dig with his family and neighbors. - From the book. The book is written in rhyme with illustrations by the well-loved Ezra Jack Keats just after winning the Caldecott Award for The Snowy Day. ... Read more

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In her essays, as with her Pultizer Prize-winning poetry, Maxine Kumin is equally at ease musing over her garden or discussing poetic form, raising horses or critiquing the work of other poets. For Kumin, poetry is inseparable from daily life. Whether remembering the early days of courtship with her husband (who then worked at Los Alamos during the first nuclear tests) or observing a grandchild learning to swim, poetry is a natural part of the discussion, as when, during an MRI, she recounts the healing role of memorized poems: "Lying in my MRI tomb and doggedly reciting the poem against the terrible rapping, I realized what saved me..."

"Maxine Kumin's practical yet sensual New England reflections are a gift to any lover of the country."-New York Times Book Review

"Kumin, bless her heart, just gets better and better."-Library Journal

In addition to twelve volumes of poetry, Maxine Kumin has published books of essays, short stories, and novels, and collaborated on four children's books with the late Anne Sexton. The recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, she has also served as the Poet Laureate and was, until her recent controversial resignation, a chancellor at the Academy of American Poets. She lives with her husband, Victor, on a farm in central New Hampshire.

Table of Contents

Part One
Excerpts from a June Journal
Beans
June 1, 1991: Sleeping Late
June 16, 1991: Final Foal
Journal Entry, PoBiz, Texas
Notes from My Journal, Kyoto, December 1984

Part Two
Interstices
Swimming and Writing
Motherhood and Poetics
October 4, 1995
For Anne at Passover
Recitations
First Loves

Part Three
An Appreciation of Marianne Moore's Selected Letters
This Curious Silent Unrepresented Life
Josephine Jacobsen
Back to the Fairground: Mona Van Duyn
A Postcard from the Volcano
Essay on Robert Frost

Part Four
Trochee, Trimeter, and the MRI: On A Shropshire Lad
Gymnastics: The Villanelle
A Way of Staying Sane
Word for Word: "Poem for My Son"
Scrubbed Up and Sent to School

Part Five
Keynote Address, PEN-New Eng ... Read more

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Wonderful prose and great stories
I was killing time waiting for a plane and found this book at the airport bookshop. I had never read any of Maxine Kumin's poetry. To give you an idea of how fluid and easy her prose is, I finished this book a few hours later. I could barely put it down. Ms. Kumin's full and fascinating life, as well as her approach to poetry, is a joy to read. I am only disappointed that there were not more of her own poems in this volume. A must-read for any lover of good writing. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on July 1, 2003. The length of the article is 504 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Maxine Kumin. The Long Marriage.(Book Review)
Author: Larry D. Griffin
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: 77Issue: 2Page: 103(1)

Article Type: Book Review

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This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Modern Poetry Association on June 1, 1999. The length of the article is 6844 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: NEWS NOTES.(Maxine Kumin wins 1999 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize)(Brief Article)
Publication: Poetry (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1999
Publisher: Modern Poetry Association
Volume: 174Issue: 3Page: 181

Article Type: Brief Article

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The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry features 300 poems by 94 of America's best poets, including Wendell Berry, Rita Dove, Stephen Dunn, Denise Duhamel,Tony Hoagland, Li-Young Lee, Jane Kenyon, Philip Levine, Naomi Shihab Nye, Larry Levis, William Matthews, Jo McDougall, Gerald Stern, Jean Valentine, and Dean Young. ... Read more

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A major offering that is sure to delight
This is a wonderful collection of poetry that would be ideal for someone wanting to sample poetry or perhaps give as a gift. There is something in the 300 plus poems by 94 of America's best poets that will appeal to virtually any reader remotely interested in poetry. The reader can sample the works of both well known poets like Philip Levine, Ruth L. Schwartz, and Billy Collins as well as lesser known but highly regarded one's such as Tracy K. Smith, Nick Flynn, and Joy Katz. The subjects addressed run the gambit from love, desire, death, and family relationships to a host of other offerings that make this a literal poetry feast of some of the best of the best in contemporary American poetry. A major offering that is sure to delight. ... Read more