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Good Poems for Hard Times Paperback - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Selected by Garrison Keillor; Introduction by Garrison Keillor

Selected for his readings on public radio's "The Writer's Almanac," the 185 poems in this follow-up to his acclaimed anthology "Good Poems" are perfect for today's troubled times.


Summary

Chosen by Garison Keillor for his readings on public radio's The Writer's Almanac, the 185 poems in this follow-up to his acclaimed anthology Good Poems are perfect for our troubled times. Here, readers will find solace in works that are bracing and courageous, organized into such resonant headings as "Such As It Is More or Less" and "Let It Spill." From William Shakespeare and Walt Whitman to R. S. Gwynn and Jennifer Michael Hecht, the voices gathered in this collection will be more than welcome to those who've been struck by bad news, who are burdened by stress, or who simply appreciate the power of good poetry.

From the publisher

"The book is full of strong, memorable poems that stick with readers like a friend during a long, hard night. " - The Christian Science Monitor Here, readers will find solace in works that are bracing and courageous, organized into such resonant headings as "Such As It Is More or Less" and "Let It Spill." From William Shakespeare and Walt Whitman to R. S. Gwynn and Mary Oliver, the voices gathered in this collection will be more than welcome to those who've been struck by bad news, who are burdened by stress, or who simply appreciate the power of good poetry.

First line

He turns the light on, lights the cigarette, goes out on the porch, chainsaws a block of green wood down the grain, chucks the pieces into the box stove, pours in kerosene, tosses in the match he has set fire to the next cigarette with, stands back while the creosote-lined, sheet-metal rust-lengths shudder but just barely manage to direct the cawhoosb in the stove which sucks in ash motes through gaps at the bottom and glares out fire blaze through overburn-cracks at the top all the way to the roof and up out through into the still starry sky starting to lighten, sits down to a bowl of crackers and bluish milk in which reflections of a 40-watt ceiling bulb appear and disappear, eats, contemplates an atmosphere containing kerosene stink, chainsaw smoke, cha nsmoke, wood smoke, wood heat, gleams of the 40-watt ceiling bulb bobbing in blue milk.

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  • Title Good Poems for Hard Times
  • Author Selected by Garrison Keillor; Introduction by Garrison Keillor
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Date August 29, 2006
  • ISBN 9780143037675 / 0143037676
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.66 x 5.32 x 0.97 in (19.46 x 13.51 x 2.46 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects American poetry, English poetry
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.008

Media reviews

Those ready to whet their appetites would do well to start with Good Poems for Hard Times. (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

About the author

Garrison Keillor, author of nearly a dozen books, is founder and host of the acclaimed radio show A Prairie Home Companion and the daily program The Writer's Almanac. He is also a regular contributor to Time magazine.
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