Nancy Willard
Swimming Lessons
Selected Poems
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This marvelous collection brings together the finest of Nancy Willard's work Transporting us from Michigan farm country to the streets of New York, from a family picnic by a stream to snow-covered fields peopled by angels, the poems gathered here represent the best of Nancy Willard.Willard's gift for peeling back everyday existence to reveal something magical and wondrous is everywhere in evidence here. Ordinary trees become surreal landscapes fanning the fire in their stars and spraying fountains of light. Poems featuring Great Danes, donkeys, and rabbits reveal Willard's love for all living creatures. How to Stuff a Pepper and A Psalm for R…
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This marvelous collection brings together the finest of Nancy Willard's work Transporting us from Michigan farm country to the streets of New York, from a family picnic by a stream to snow-covered fields peopled by angels, the poems gathered here represent the best of Nancy Willard.Willard's gift for peeling back everyday existence to reveal something magical and wondrous is everywhere in evidence here. Ordinary trees become surreal landscapes fanning the fire in their stars and spraying fountains of light. Poems featuring Great Danes, donkeys, and rabbits reveal Willard's love for all living creatures. How to Stuff a Pepper and A Psalm for Running Water coexist with poems about visits from God. The title poem tells the story of Willard at seven, while Questions My Son Asked Me, Answers I Never Gave Him explores the joys and pitfalls of being a mother.Offering imagery from mythical goddesses to pumpkin saints to wise jellyfish, these are poems of astonishing imagination and grace, and will introduce a new generation of readers to Willard's remarkable body of work.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4804-8153-4
- EAN: 9781480481534
- Produktnummer: 31923214
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 221 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'130 KB
Über den Autor
Nancy Willard (1936-2017) grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was the author of two novels, seven books of stories and essays, and twelve books of poetry, including The Sea at Truro (2012). A winner of the Devins Memorial Award, she received NEA grants in both fiction and poetry. Her book Water Walker was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and her picture book A Visit to William Blake's Inn was the first volume of poetry to receive the Newbery Medal, the country's highest honor for children's writing.
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