Effort at Speech: New and Selected Poems

by William Meredith

Book Overview

Winner, 1997 National Book Award for Poetry

A contemporary of Berryman, Bishop, and Lowell, William Meredith shared neither the bohemian excesses of the Beats nor the exhibitionist excesses of the "confessional" poets. Rather, he was known as a poet whose unadorned, formal verse marked him as a singular voice. Effort at Speech, the definitive collection of Meredith's life work, contains poems chosen by the author from throughout his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810150719
• ISBN13: 9780810150713
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Triquarterly Books
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"