Hayden Carruth is a major literary figure and no survey of American poetry is complete without inclusion of his work.
In this newest book of poems--the first since his 1996 National Book Award--Carruth confronts the threadbare memories of old age and the fading winter view. From the bleakest circums...
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about Doctor Jazz
Ten poems spanning fifty years, are the companion to Carruth's Collected Shorter Poems, recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry. "The work here seems to break every rule of modern poetry, yet it succeeds.... This volume displays the huge range, both in theme and form, of a poe...
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about Collected Longer Poems (National Poetry)