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Donald Hall (2) (1928–2018)

Author of Ox-Cart Man

For other authors named Donald Hall, see the disambiguation page.

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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

Ox-Cart Man (1979) 3,722 copies
Contemporary American Poetry (1962) — Editor; Contributor, some editions — 384 copies
Without: Poems (1998) 378 copies
I Am the Dog I Am the Cat (1994) 295 copies
Life work (1993) 276 copies
Essays After Eighty (2014) 232 copies
String Too Short to Be Saved (1979) 226 copies
The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes (1981) — Editor — 182 copies
When Willard Met Babe Ruth (1996) 182 copies
Writing well (1973) 177 copies
Lucy's Christmas (1994) 141 copies
The Painted Bed: Poems (2002) 131 copies
Seasons at Eagle Pond (1987) 122 copies
Here at Eagle Pond (1990) 114 copies
Lucy's Summer (1995) 111 copies
The Museum of Clear Ideas (1993) 107 copies
A Writer's Reader (1979) 101 copies
The Old Life (1996) 98 copies
New Poets of England and America (1957) — Editor — 91 copies
The Contemporary essay (1984) 86 copies
The Milkman's Boy (1997) 83 copies
The One Day (1988) 82 copies
The Farm Summer 1942 (1994) 75 copies
Christmas at Eagle Pond (2012) 71 copies
Eagle Pond (2007) 71 copies
To Read Literature (1981) 70 copies
The Best American Poetry 1989 (1989) — Editor — 66 copies
The Man Who Lived Alone (1984) 56 copies
Old Home Day (1996) 53 copies
A Choice of Whitman's Verse (1973) — Editor — 52 copies
The Ideal Bakery (1987) 47 copies
The Back Chamber (2011) 39 copies
To Read a Poem (1992) 35 copies
Kicking the Leaves: Poems (1978) 32 copies
The Happy Man (1986) 32 copies
American Poetry: An Introductory Anthology (1969) — Editor — 23 copies
The Yellow Room: Love Poems (1971) 13 copies
To Read Poetry (1982) 12 copies
The Essential Robinson (Essential Poets) (1994) — Editor — 10 copies
The Bone Ring (1987) 10 copies
A poetry sampler (1962) 10 copies
To Read Fiction (1987) 9 copies
Romanian Furrow (2007) 7 copies
The dark houses. [Poems] (1958) 4 copies
Man and boy; an anthology (1968) 2 copies
Toy Bone (1979) 1 copy
New Poems -- Volume 1, Number 2 (1952) — Editor — 1 copy
Two By Two 1 copy

Associated Works

Washington Square (1880) — Afterword, some editions — 4,380 copies
Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 (1888) — Afterword, some editions — 1,423 copies
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 915 copies
The Best American Essays of the Century (2000) — Contributor — 774 copies
Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression (2001) — Contributor — 490 copies
The Best American Short Stories 1997 (1997) — Contributor — 351 copies
The Faber Book of Modern Verse (1936) — Revised by, some editions — 284 copies
The Best American Poetry 2001 (2001) — Contributor — 223 copies
The Best American Poetry 1999 (1999) — Contributor — 208 copies
The Art of Losing (2010) — Contributor — 197 copies
The Best American Poetry 2002 (2002) — Contributor — 182 copies
The Best American Poetry 1994 (1994) — Contributor — 170 copies
The Best American Poetry 1997 (1997) — Contributor — 166 copies
The Best American Poetry 2007 (2007) — Contributor — 165 copies
American Religious Poems: An Anthology (2006) — Contributor — 162 copies
The Best American Poetry 1998 (1998) — Contributor — 161 copies
The Best American Poetry 1993 (1993) — Contributor — 128 copies
The Encyclopedia of New England (1985) — Foreword, some editions — 107 copies
Winter: A Spiritual Biography of the Season (1986) — Contributor — 103 copies
The Best American Poetry 1992 (1992) — Contributor — 102 copies
The Best American Essays 1987 (1987) — Contributor — 85 copies
The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink (2012) — Contributor — 63 copies
The Ecopoetry Anthology (2013) — Contributor — 48 copies
Spring: A Spiritual Biography of the Season (2006) — 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 — 15 copies
The Best American Short Stories 1962 (1962) — Contributor — 12 copies
Of Solitude and Silence (1981) — Contributor — 10 copies
New world writing : seventh Mentor selection (1955) — 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

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Independent Reading Level: K-2
Awards: Caldecott Medal
 
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lazwilliams | 94 other reviews | Nov 12, 2023 |
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 |
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 |
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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