Henry Taylor (2) (1942–)

Auteur van 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

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The Flying Change: Poems (1985) 65 exemplaren

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

Afternoon of Pocket Billiards: Poems (1975) 17 exemplaren

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

Brief Candles: 101 Clerihews (2000) 7 exemplaren

Crooked Run: Poems (2006) 6 exemplaren

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

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

Poetry: points of departure (1974) 1 exemplaar

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

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Officiële naam: Taylor, Henry Splawn
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten: Taylor, Henry S.
Geboortedatum: 1942-06-21
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Geboorteplaats: Lincoln, Virginia, USA
Beroepen: poet
professor
Organisaties: Fellowship of Southern Writers (2001)
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Aiken Taylor Award (2004)

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Crooked Run: Poems door 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.… (meer)

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dasam | Jul 25, 2017 |

Brief Candles: 101 Clerihews door Henry Taylor

Mildly humorous and occasionally witty.

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dasam | Jul 25, 2017 |

The Flying Change: Poems door 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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