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George Starbuck (1931–1996)

Author of The Argot Merchant Disaster: Poems New and Selected

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Works by George Starbuck

The Argot Merchant Disaster: Poems New and Selected (1982) 19 copies

Bone Thoughts (1960) 18 copies

White paper; poems (1966) 14 copies

The Works: Poems Selected from Five Decades (2003) 13 copies

Visible Ink (2002) 4 copies

Desperate Measures (1978) 4 copies

Talkin' B.A. blues: The life and a couple of deaths of Ed Teashack : or, How I discovered B.U., met God, and became an… 3 copies

Richard the Third in a Fourth of a Second (1986) 1 copy

Space-saver sonnets: Purged of accretions & newly published in the corrected hemimeter version (Essential Shakespeare) (1986) 1 copy

The Argot Merchant Disaster 1 copy

White Paper Poems (1966) 1 copy

The Yale Series of Recorded Poets - George Starbuck reads from his works 1 copy

Associated Works

Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 929 copies

American Wits: An Anthology of Light Verse (2003) — Contributor — 135 copies

War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Contributor — 87 copies

The Yale Younger Poets Anthology (1998) — Contributor — 33 copies

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

Firsts: 100 Years of Yale Younger Poets (Yale Series of Younger Poets) (2019) — Contributor — 12 copies

A Roman Collection: Stories, Poems, and Other Good Pieces (1980) — Contributor — 8 copies

The Noble Savage 3 (1961) — Contributor — 5 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1931-06-15
Date of death: 1996-08-15
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Awards and honors: American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1983)
Aiken Taylor Award (1993)

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Awards

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National Book Award

Bone Thoughts (Finalist – Poetry – 1961)

Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize

The Argot Merchant Disaster: Poems New and Selected (Winner – 1983)

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Works: 12
Also by: 8
Members: 80
Popularity: #224,854
Rating: 4.1

ISBNs: 11

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