WW Norton & Co Paperback English
Blessed as We Were
Late Selected and New Poems, 2000-2018
By Gerald Stern
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For five decades, Gerald Stern has been writing his own brand of expansive, deep-down American poetry. Now in his nineties, this sometimes comic, sometimes tragic visionary (Edward Hirsch) engages a lifetime of memories in his poems, blending philosophical, wide-ranging intellect with boisterous wit.Blessed as We WereLast BlueEverything Is BurningSave the Last DanceIn Beauty BrightGalaxy LoveNew York Times Book Review
For five decades, Gerald Stern has been writing his own brand of expansive, deep-down American poetry. Now in his nineties, this sometimes comic, sometimes tragic visionary (Edward Hirsch) engages a lifetime of memories in his poems, blending philosophical, wide-ranging intellect with boisterous wit.Blessed as We WereLast BlueEverything Is BurningSave the Last DanceIn Beauty BrightGalaxy LoveNew York Times Book Review