ISBN: 9780870237003 - first language -jp (juniper prize for poetry) (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. This book is the winner of the 1989 Juniper Prize, the annual poetry award sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Press. The poems in First Language do what Keats said poems must do: "surprise by a fine excess." Edward Kleinschmidt's words ricochet and deflect on their way to and from the heart. As the title suggests, these poems work from the source, that area of language, memory, and experience behind the operative meaning of words. Kleinschmidt dives into the layered implications of words for their limitless possibilities, to places that even those words had forgotten they had access to. He does so with a playful, astute intelligence and originality. He is the wild card in any deck of contemporary poets.…

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Amherst, 1990; illustrated paper covers; mild corner and edge wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 71 pages.

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Winner of the Juniper Prize for Poetry. 70 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower corner bumped).

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 70 pages. Simultaneous paperback issue of this the fifteenth recipient of the Juniper Prize. Kleinschmidt's second book of poems. A near fine copy in wrappers.

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 70 pages. Simultaneous paperback issue of this the fifteenth recipient of the Juniper Prize. Kleinschmidt's second book of poems. A close to near fine copy in wrappers with some faint foxing to the page edges. Signed and warmly inscribed by Kleinschmidt on the title page to poet Linda Pastan. Signed.…