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100 1 a| Wright, Charles,d| 1935-e| author.=| ^A65053;

240 10 a| Poems.k| Selections=| ^A1312715;

245 10 a| Oblivion banjo :b| the poetry of Charles Wright /c| Charles Wright.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Farrar, Straus and Giroux,c| [2019];

300 a| 754 pages ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-736) and index of titles and first lines.;

505 0 a| from Hard Freight (1973) -- from Bloodlines (1975) -- from China Trace (1977) -- from The Southern Cross (1981) -- from The Other Side of the River (1984) -- from Zone Journals (1988) -- from Xionia (1990) -- from Chickamauga (1995) -- from Black Zodia (1997) -- from Appalachia (1998) -- from North American Bear (1999) -- from A Short History of the Shadow (2002) -- from Buffalo Yoga (2004) -- from Scar Tissue (2006) -- Littlefoot (2007) -- from Sestets (2009) -- from Caribous (2014);

520 a| "Over the course of his work--more than twenty books in total--Charles Wright has built "one of the truly distinctive bodies of poetry created in the second half of the twentieth century" (David Young, Contemporary Poets). Oblivion Banjo, a capacious new selection spanning his decades-long career, showcases the central themes of Wright's poetry: "language, landscape, and the idea of God." No matter the precise subject of each poem, on display here is a vast and rich interior life, a mind wrestling with the tenuous relationship between the ways we describe the world and its reality. The recipient of almost every honor in poetry--the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Bollingen Prize, to name a few--and a former poet laureate of the United States, Wright is an essential voice in American letters. Oblivion Banjo is the perfect distillation of his inimitable career--for devout fans and newcomers alike."--Publisher's website.;

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650 0 a| American poetryy| 21st century.=| ^A527509;

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Oblivion banjo : the poetry of Charles Wright / Charles Wright.

Author/creator	Wright, Charles, 1935- author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2019]
Copyright Date	©2019
Description	754 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	American poetry--20th century. American poetry--21st century.

Uniform title	Poems. Selections
Contents	from Hard Freight (1973) -- from Bloodlines (1975) -- from China Trace (1977) -- from The Southern Cross (1981) -- from The Other Side of the River (1984) -- from Zone Journals (1988) -- from Xionia (1990) -- from Chickamauga (1995) -- from Black Zodia (1997) -- from Appalachia (1998) -- from North American Bear (1999) -- from A Short History of the Shadow (2002) -- from Buffalo Yoga (2004) -- from Scar Tissue (2006) -- Littlefoot (2007) -- from Sestets (2009) -- from Caribous (2014)
Abstract	"Over the course of his work--more than twenty books in total--Charles Wright has built "one of the truly distinctive bodies of poetry created in the second half of the twentieth century" (David Young, Contemporary Poets). Oblivion Banjo, a capacious new selection spanning his decades-long career, showcases the central themes of Wright's poetry: "language, landscape, and the idea of God." No matter the precise subject of each poem, on display here is a vast and rich interior life, a mind wrestling with the tenuous relationship between the ways we describe the world and its reality. The recipient of almost every honor in poetry--the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Bollingen Prize, to name a few--and a former poet laureate of the United States, Wright is an essential voice in American letters. Oblivion Banjo is the perfect distillation of his inimitable career--for devout fans and newcomers alike."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-736) and index of titles and first lines.
Genre/form	Poetry.
LCCN	2018060810
ISBN	9780374251017 (hardcover)
ISBN	0374251010

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