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AVOCATIONS

Sam Hamill author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Red Hen Press

Published:12th Jan '12

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Avocations collects the best of Sam Hamill's prose on poetry over the last 18 years, presenting insightful readings of Kenneth Rexroth, Denise Levertov, Odysseas Elytis, Matsuo Basho, Kobayashi Issa, John Logan and many others together with critical commentary on poetry in translation and the practice of poetry in general.

“Who can match him for range, passion, and scholarship? What aspect of poetry from Zen aesthetics to political engagement hasn’t he pondered in a prose both lucid and serious? Fusing conscience and consciousness, Sam Hamill is our indispensable poet-critic and what he has to say is of utmost importance to all who care about poetry."

— Gregory Orr

ISBN: 9781597090865

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 13mm

Weight: 318g

248 pages