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About the Author

Donald Andrew Hall Jr. was born in New Haven, Connecticut on September 20, 1928. He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1951. His first collection of poetry, Exiles and Marriages, was published in 1955. His other collections included Without, The Museum of Clear Ideas, and The show more Painted Bed. He received several awards including the National Book Critics Circle Award for The One Day, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for The Happy Man, the Poetry Society of America's Robert Frost Silver medal, and the Ruth Lilly Prize for poetry. He served as poetry editor of The Paris Review from 1953 to 1962 and was the United States poet laureate for 2006-2007. He was also a memoirist, an essayist, and the author of textbooks and children's books. His memoirs were entitled Life Work and Unpacking the Boxes. His children's book, Ox-Cart Man illustrated by Barbara Cooney, won the Caldecott Medal. He received a National Medal of Arts in 2011. He died on June 23, 2018 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Works by Donald Hall

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Ox-Cart Man (1979) 3,632 copies

The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems (1999) — Editor — 546 copies

Contemporary American Poetry (1962) — Editor; Contributor, some editions — 380 copies

Without: Poems (1998) 368 copies

White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems 1946-2006 (2006) 297 copies

I Am the Dog I Am the Cat (1994) 290 copies

Life work (1993) 272 copies

Essays After Eighty (2014) 221 copies

String Too Short to Be Saved (1979) 220 copies

The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America (Oxford Books of Verse) (1985) — Editor — 215 copies

The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes (1981) — Editor — 179 copies

When Willard Met Babe Ruth (1996) 179 copies

The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon (2005) 179 copies

Writing well (1973) 175 copies

Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry (2008) 171 copies

Old and New Poems: Donald Hall (1990) 140 copies

Lucy's Christmas (1994) 135 copies

The Painted Bed: Poems (2002) 129 copies

Seasons at Eagle Pond (1987) 121 copies

Fathers Playing Catch with Sons: Essays on Sport (Mostly Baseball) (1984) 115 copies

Here at Eagle Pond (1990) 112 copies

A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety (2018) 112 copies

Lucy's Summer (1995) 108 copies

The Museum of Clear Ideas (1993) 105 copies

A Writer's Reader (1979) 99 copies

Their Ancient Glittering Eyes: Remembering Poets and More Poets (1978) 98 copies

The Old Life (1996) 97 copies

New Poets of England and America (1957) — Editor — 90 copies

The Selected Poems of Donald Hall (2015) 87 copies

The Contemporary essay (1984) 87 copies

The Milkman's Boy (1997) 82 copies

Claims for Poetry (Poets on Poetry) (1982) 79 copies

The One Day (1988) 78 copies

The Farm Summer 1942 (1994) 73 copies

Eagle Pond (2007) 69 copies

To Read Literature (1981) 68 copies

Christmas at Eagle Pond (2012) 67 copies

Principal Products of Portugal: Prose Pieces (1995) 67 copies

The Best American Poetry 1989 (1989) — Editor — 66 copies

Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball (1976) 64 copies

The Man Who Lived Alone (1984) 54 copies

Old Home Day (1996) 52 copies

A Choice of Whitman's Verse (1973) — Editor — 52 copies

Anecdotes of Modern Art: From Rousseau to Warhol (1990) 47 copies

The Ideal Bakery (1987) 46 copies

Willow Temple: New and Selected Stories (2003) 42 copies

The Back Chamber (2011) 39 copies

Remembering poets: Reminiscences and opinions : Dylan Thomas, Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound (1978) 37 copies

To Read a Poem (1992) 33 copies

The Happy Man (1986) 32 copies

Death to the Death of Poetry: Essays, Reviews, Notes, Interviews (Poets on Poetry) (1994) 32 copies

Kicking the Leaves: Poems (1978) 31 copies

Poetry and Ambition: Essays 1982--88 (Poets on Poetry) (1988) 25 copies

The Gentleman's Alphabet Book (1972) 23 copies

American Poetry: An Introductory Anthology (1969) — Editor — 23 copies

Breakfast Served Any Time All Day: Essays on Poetry New and Selected (Poets on Poetry) (2003) 23 copies

Goatfoot Milktongue Twinbird: Interviews, Essays, and Notes on Poetry, 1970-76 (Poets on Poetry) (1978) 21 copies

Poetry: The unsayable said : an essay (1993) 19 copies

The Breath of Parted Lips: Voices from the Robert Frost Place (2001) 13 copies

The Yellow Room: Love Poems (1971) 13 copies

The Weather for Poetry: Essays, Reviews, and Notes on Poetry, 1977-81 (Poets on Poetry) (1982) 13 copies

The town of Hill (A Godine poetry chapbook ; 2d ser) (1975) 12 copies

To Read Poetry (1982) 12 copies

The Modern Stylists Writers on the Art of Writing. (1968) 12 copies

The Bone Ring (1987) 10 copies

The Essential Robinson (Essential Poets) (1994) — Editor — 10 copies

Playing around; the million-dollar infield goes to Florida (1974) 9 copies

A poetry sampler (1962) 9 copies

To Read Fiction (1987) 9 copies

Exiles and marriages; [poems] (1955) 9 copies

Romanian Furrow (2007) 7 copies

Samtal med Pound : [Ezra Pound intervjuad] (2003) 7 copies

Ploughshares Fall 2001 Guest-Edited by Donald Hall (2001) 7 copies

Henry Moore; the life and work of a great sculptor (1966) 7 copies

The Alligator Bride: Poems New and Selected (1969) 7 copies

Marianne Moore; the cage and the animal (1970) 6 copies

New Voices: University and College Poetry Prizes 7th Ed. 1984-1988 (1989) — Editor — 5 copies

HARVARD ADVOCATE ANTHOLOGY. (1950) 4 copies

The One Day and Poems, 1947-1990 (1991) 4 copies

The dark houses. [Poems] (1958) 4 copies

A roof of tiger lilies: poems / Donald Hall (1964) 3 copies

Alligator Bride: Poems New and Selected 2 copies

Blue Wing Tilts at the Edge of the Sea (1975) 2 copies

Winter Poems from Eagle Pond (2018) 2 copies

The Glorious Flight, Ox-Cart Man, A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. (2006) 2 copies

To Keep Moving: Essays, 1959-1969 (1980) 2 copies

Man and boy; an anthology (1968) 2 copies

The Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes 2 copies

Andrew the lion farmer 2 copies

Toy Bone (1979) 1 copy

Eagle argent : an Italian journey 1 copy

Thomas S. Eliot (intervista) 1 copy

Christmas Snow [short story] (1982) 1 copy

Richard Wilbur 1 copy

From Willow Temple (in The Best American Short Stories 1997 - KENISON) 1 copy

Two By Two 1 copy

One Day: Poem in Three Parts 1 copy

Teaching writing well 1 copy

New Poems -- Volume 1, Number 2 (1952) — Editor — 1 copy

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Associated Works

Washington Square (1880) — Afterword, some editions — 4,300 copies

Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 (1888) — Afterword, some editions — 1,399 copies

Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 901 copies

The Best American Essays of the Century (2000) — Contributor — 758 copies

Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Contributor — 698 copies

Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression (2001) — Contributor — 484 copies

The Best American Short Stories 1997 (1997) — Contributor — 346 copies

The Faber Book of Modern Verse (1936) — Revised by, some editions — 283 copies

The Best American Poetry 2001 (2001) — Contributor — 219 copies

The Best American Poetry 1999 (1999) — Contributor — 208 copies

Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach (2003) — Contributor — 199 copies

The Art of Losing (2010) — Contributor — 191 copies

The Best American Poetry 2002 (2002) — Contributor — 180 copies

The Best American Poetry 1994 (1994) — Contributor — 169 copies

The Best American Poetry 1997 (1997) — Contributor — 166 copies

The Best American Poetry 2007 (2007) — Contributor — 164 copies

The Best American Poetry 1998 (1998) — Contributor — 160 copies

American Religious Poems: An Anthology (2006) — Contributor — 160 copies

The Best American Poetry 1993 (1993) — Contributor — 127 copies

The Encyclopedia of New England (1985) — Foreword, some editions — 106 copies

Winter: A Spiritual Biography of the Season (1986) — Contributor — 104 copies

The Best American Poetry 1992 (1992) — Contributor — 101 copies

These United States: Original Essays by Leading American Writers on Their State within the Union by John Leonard (1995) — Contributor — 87 copies

The Best American Essays 1987 (1987) — Contributor — 84 copies

The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink (2012) — Contributor — 62 copies

The Ecopoetry Anthology (2013) — Contributor — 47 copies

Spring: A Spiritual Biography of the Season (2006) — Contributor — 33 copies

Antaeus No. 61, Autumn 1988 - Journals, Notebooks & Diaries (1988) — Contributor — 33 copies

60 Years of American Poetry (1996) — Contributor — 28 copies

Corporal Politics (1992) — Contributor, some editions — 21 copies

A Good Man: Fathers and Sons in Poetry and Prose (1993) — Contributor — 20 copies

Poetry in Crystal (1963) — Contributor — 14 copies

The Best American Short Stories 1962 (1962) — Contributor — 12 copies

Of Solitude and Silence (1981) — Contributor — 10 copies

New World Writing: Fifth Mentor Selection - Fiction, Drama, Poetry, Criticism (1954) — Contributor — 8 copies

New world writing : seventh Mentor selection (1955) — Contributor — 7 copies

Handspan of Red Earth: An Anthology of American Farm Poems (1991) — Contributor — 7 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 7, March 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 5 copies

The Paris Review 32 1964 Summer-Fall (1964) — Editor — 4 copies

The North Dakota quarterly : vol. 50, no 4, Fall 1982 — Contributor — 1 copy

Poetry East : number twenty & twenty-one fall 1986 : poetics — Contributor — 1 copy

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Canonical name: Hall, Donald
Legal name: Hall, Donald Andrew, Jr.
Birthdate: 1928-09-20
Date of death: 2018-06-23
Burial location: Proctor Cemetery, Andover, New Hampshire
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Hamden, Connecticut, USA
Place of death: Wilmot, New Hampshire, USA
Places of residence: Wilmot, New Hampshire, USA
Education: Harvard University (BA|1951)
Oxford University (B.Litt|1953)
Occupations: poet
editor
critic
Relationships: Kenyon, Jane (wife)
Organizations: American Academy of Arts and Letters (1989)
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Stanford University
Bennington College
Awards and honors: National Humanities Medal (2010)
Poet Laureate of New Hampshire (1984-1989)
Frost Medal (1990/1991)
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (1994)
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (2006-2007)
Aiken Taylor Award (2009) (show all 7)
Newdigate Prize for poetry (1952

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Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall

Independent Reading Level: K-2
Awards: Caldecott Medal

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lazwilliams | 94 other reviews | Nov 12, 2023 |

String Too Short to Be Saved (Nonpareil Books, No. 5) by Donald Hall

A beautiful book, especially for those who have spent any time in rural New England.

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lschiff | 5 other reviews | Sep 24, 2023 |

Without: Poems by Donald Hall

An astonishingly beautiful volume that had me in tears as I read it, something that I can't recall ever happening before. These pieces will resonate powerfully with anyone who has helped someone die.

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lschiff | 8 other reviews | Sep 24, 2023 |

Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall

A glimpse into a year of the life of a farmer and his family. What a lovely story. It shows the amount of work and care it takes to be a farmer. Of course there are advances with technology nowadays but many of the same things hold true for farmers today that they did in the past. Looking at agriculture and doing a compare and contrast with students would be beneficial.

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