
Hayden Carruth is a major literary figure and no survey of American poetry is complete without inclusion of his work. In this newest book of poems--the first since his 1996 National Book Award--Carruth confronts the threadbare memories of old age and the fading winter...

Hayden Carruth, one of the most acclaimed poets of our age, lives his music--finding the perfect low tones of terrible loss and high riffs of family and friendship. "Carruth keeps getting better."--The New Yorker "Carruth's new poems are, essentially, songs...