Henry Taylor (2) (1942–)

Autor von The Flying Change: Poems

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Henry Taylor received the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for his third book of poems, The Flying Change. He is professor of literature and codirector of the MFA program in creative writing at American University

Werke von Henry Taylor

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The Flying Change: Poems (1985) 66 Exemplare

Understanding Fiction: Poems, 1986-1996 (1996) 20 Exemplare

Afternoon of Pocket Billiards: Poems (1975) 17 Exemplare

The Horse Show at Midnight; And, an Afternoon of Pocket Billiards: Poems (1992) 14 Exemplare

Brief Candles: 101 Clerihews (2000) 7 Exemplare

Crooked Run: Poems (2006) 6 Exemplare

The horse show at midnight : poems (1966) 3 Exemplare

This Tilted World Is Where I Live: New and Selected Poems, 1962–2020 (2020) 2 Exemplare

Poetry: points of departure (1974) 1 Exemplar

Compulsory Figures: Essays on Recent American Poets (1992) 1 Exemplar

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Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 929 Exemplare

The Spoken Word Revolution Redux (2007) — Mitwirkender — 85 Exemplare

A Good Man: Fathers and Sons in Poetry and Prose (1993) — Mitwirkender — 20 Exemplare

A Portrait of Southern Writers: Photographs (2000) — Mitwirkender — 13 Exemplare

Man, The Image of God: The Creation of Man as Good News (2011) — Übersetzer, einige Ausgaben — 9 Exemplare

Handspan of Red Earth: An Anthology of American Farm Poems (1991) — Mitwirkender — 7 Exemplare

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Rechtmäßiger Name: Taylor, Henry Splawn
Andere Namen: Taylor, Henry S.
Geburtstag: 1942-06-21
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: USA
Geburtsort: Lincoln, Virginia, USA
Berufe: poet
professor
Organisationen: Fellowship of Southern Writers (2001)
Preise und Auszeichnungen: Aiken Taylor Award (2004)

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Crooked Run: Poems von Henry Taylor

Henry Taylor writes of his family and his own biography in close connection with the land and its geologic and human history. As some have noted, these poems certainly seem influenced by Frost and echo Wendell Berry. Sometimes the "blank verse" becomes a bit too prosy for me, but the emotion and subtle imagery is never prosaic.

"He came here, had his life, and as his last strength goes,
the little branch keeps washing over algae-laden stones."

How simply to tell the story of our mortality and of the near immortality of the flowing of the natural world around us.… (mehr)

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dasam | Jul 25, 2017 |

Brief Candles: 101 Clerihews von Henry Taylor

Mildly humorous and occasionally witty.

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dasam | Jul 25, 2017 |

The Flying Change: Poems von Henry Taylor

That anyone would give this amazing, Pulitzer Prize winning collection a 1-star rating boggles my mind. This is a powerful and haunting collection of poetry that begs to be read aloud.

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ncnsstnt | Apr 10, 2011 |

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