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Title: Poems to Read: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology by Robert Pinsky, Maggie Dietz ISBN: 0-393-01074-0 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A most noteworthy collection
Comment: Even more than the many fine poems cited in this wonderful anthology, I enjoyed the eloquent responses by everyday Americans as to why they responded in certain ways to their favorite poems. These stories are almost as moving as the actual poems and there are dozens of terrific poems, both the familiar and the unexpectedly novel. If you only read the comments, you'd be a richer person, but to read the comments along with the poems, now that's an experience. If this book were required in English classes around the country, maybe kids wouldn't resent poetry units so much!
Rating: 5
Summary: "Bring me the sunflower crazy with the light..."
Comment: I am absolutely blown away by the quality of this anthology! Absolutely blown away. Organized by the people behind the Favorite Poem Project ... this beautiful book strikes the perfect poetic balance; the poems here have depth and meaning, but they are never impenetrable and are always a joy to read aloud.
The mainstays are all here: Shakespeare, Dickinson, Whitman, Keats, Frost, etc., but the book often presents their lesser-known works (such as a terrific Langston Hughes piece called "Life is Fine" that I'd somehow missed). There are also more obscure poets; May Swenson, Derek Walcott, and many international writers. But what makes this book truly unique is the commentary printed above most of the poems sent in by people of all ages and professions.
Students, teachers, doctors, writers; they talk about their favorite poems with great love and a sense of awe. Their passion is infectious. I plan to buy this book, but instead of sitting on my bookshelf like my other poetry books it will go in my backpack to be with me wherever I go, for anytime I need a breath of fresh air. Highly recommended.
GRADE: A
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Title: Americans' Favorite Poems by Robert Pinsky, Maggie Dietz, Favorite Poem Project ISBN: 0393048209 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Good Poems by Garrison Keillor ISBN: 0142003441 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry by Billy Collins ISBN: 0812968875 Publisher: Random House Trade Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry by Edward Hirsch ISBN: 0156005662 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 07 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Poetry Speaks: Hear Great Poets Read Their Work from Tennyson to Plath (Book and 3 Audio CDs) by Elise Paschen, Rebekah Presson Mosby ISBN: 1570717206 Publisher: Sourcebooks Mediafusion Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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