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As the Sky Begins to Change is a book of poems to wake the world, lyric anthems for earth and kin. In his third poetry collection from Red Hen Press, Kim Stafford gathers poems that sing with empathy, humor, witness, and story. Poems in this book have been set to music, quoted in the New York Times... Read More about As the Sky Begins to Change

Using side-by-side pairings of first drafts and final versions, including full-page reproductions from the poets' personal notebooks, as well as an insightful essay on each poem's journey from start to finish, The Art of Revising Poetry tracks the creative process of twenty-one of the United States'... Read More about The Art of Revising Poetry: 21 U.S. Poets on Their Drafts, Craft, and Process

"In our time there has been no poet who revived human hearts and spirits more convincingly than William Stafford." —Naomi Shihab NyeSome time when the river is ice ask memistakes I have made. Ask me whetherwhat I have done is my life. —from "Ask Me"In celebration of the poet's centennial, Ask Me... Read More about Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems of William Stafford

Wild Honey, Tough Salt gathers citizen poems for tough times--with testaments for world community, spells for peace, earth blessings, and family consolations.... Read More about Wild Honey, Tough Salt

Throughout most of the 20th century, from World War I until his death in 1993, America poet and pacifist William Stafford remained convinced that wars don't work. In his poetry and other writing, he showed that it is crucial to think independently when fanatics act and to speak for reconciliation wh... Read More about Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

Wind on the Waves is a collection of fifty-two stories that embody the beauty, mystery, and allure of Oregon's magnificent coast. Written by award-winning author and poet Kim Stafford, these wonderful vignettes celebrate the people, towns, wildlife, culture, and natural beauty of one of America's mo... Read More about Wind on the Waves: Stories from the Oregon Coast