The Widening Spell of the Leaves (Pitt Poetry Series)

by Larry Levis

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""Establishes Levis indisputably and once and for all as one of the younger masters.""--North American Review""In this book, Levis descends through memory and history with bravery and authority. He seems to be writing the poems we all need to read right now.""--Antioch ReviewLarry Levis was born in Fresno, California, in 1946. His first book of poems, Wrecking Crew, won the United States Award from the International Poetry Forum, and was published in the Pitt Poetry Series in 1972. His show more second book, The Afterlife, won the Lamont Award from the American Academy of Poets in 1976. In 1981, The D show less

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Larry Levis (1946-1996), a native of Fresno, California, wrote six books of poetry: Wrecking Crew (1972), The Afterlife (1976), The Dollmaker's Ghost (1981), Winter Stars (1985), The Widening Spell of the Leaves (1991), and Elegy (1997)

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Poetry, Fiction and Literature, Music
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811.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican poetry20th Century1945-1999
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PS3562 .E922 .W48Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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