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Lawrence Raab

Author of What We Don't Know about Each Other (National Poetry Series)

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Works by Lawrence Raab

What We Don't Know about Each Other (National Poetry Series) (1993) 39 copies

Visible Signs: New and Selected Poems (Poets, Penguin) (2003) 31 copies

The Probable World (Poets, Penguin) (2000) 26 copies

The History of Forgetting (Penguin Poets) (2009) 25 copies

Collector of Cold Weather (1976) 22 copies

Mistaking Each Other for Ghosts (2015) 16 copies

Mysteries of the Horizon. (1972) 9 copies

Why don't we say what we mean? : essays mostly about poetry (2016) 5 copies

Winter at the Caspian Sea (1999) 5 copies

The Life Beside This One: Poems (2017) 4 copies

A Cup of Water Turns into a Rose (2012) 3 copies

Other Children (1987) 2 copies

Ann Hamilton: Corpus (2004) 2 copies

Mysteries of the Horizon - Poems By Lawrence Raab (1974) 1 copy

The Invention Of Everyday Life (2024) 1 copy

April at the Ruins (2022) 1 copy

Associated Works

A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry (1996) — Contributor — 941 copies, 12 reviews

180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day (2005) — Contributor — 400 copies, 9 reviews

The Art of Losing (2010) — Contributor — 237 copies, 22 reviews

The Best American Poetry 2000 (2000) — Contributor — 218 copies

The Best American Poetry 2006 (2006) — Contributor — 200 copies, 5 reviews

The Best American Poetry 1993 (1993) — Contributor — 136 copies, 1 review

The Best American Poetry 1992 (1992) — Contributor — 107 copies

Elsewhere, Vol. III (1984) — Contributor — 94 copies

The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks (2017) — Contributor — 19 copies

Antaeus No. 73/74, Spring 1994 - Who’s Writing This: Notations on the Authorial I {magazine} (1994) — Contributor — 6 copies

Antaeus No. 18, Summer 1975 — Contributor — 2 copies

Antaeus No. 23, Autumn 1976 — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1946
Gender: male
Occupations: poet
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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National Book Award

What We Don't Know about Each Other (National Poetry Series) (Finalist – Poetry – 1993)

Mistaking Each Other for Ghosts (Longlist – Poetry – 2015)

National Poetry Series

What We Don't Know about Each Other (National Poetry Series) (1992)

Massachusetts Book Award

Mistaking Each Other for Ghosts (Honor Book – Poetry – 2016)

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Works: 16
Also by: 12
Members: 192
Popularity: #113,796
Rating: 3.9

ISBNs: 20
Languages: 1
Favorited: 1

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