White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems 1946–2006
- ISBN-10
- 0547348789
- ISBN-13
- 9780547348780
- Category
- Poetry
- Pages
- 452
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-12-03
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Donald Hall
Description
This retrospective collection of verse from the former US poet laureate and National Medal of Arts winner spans six decades of celebrated work. Throughout his writing life Donald Hall has garnered numerous accolades and honors, culminating in 2006 with his appointment as poet laureate of the United States. White Apples and the Taste of Stone collects more than two hundred poems from across sixty years of Hall’s celebrated career, and includes poems published in The New Yorker, the American Poetry Review, and the New York Times. Those who have come to love Donald Hall's poetry will welcome this vital and important addition to his body of work. For the uninitiated it is a spectacular introduction to this critically acclaimed and admired poet.
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