Dumb Luck

By Sam Hamill and Cleo Qian

Book Overview

Influenced by the Chinese and Japanese masters, Hamill's Dumb Luck affirms his ability to give us back the world and all its vicissitudes. Here you will find Zen fables, elegies and haiku, bluesy riffs, and poems that celebrate births, marriages, the liberating exile of the poet, as well as verses that present the dumb luck that has peppered the poet's life.

Sam Hamill is the author of a dozen volumes of original poetry, as well as three collections of essays. He is the Founding Editor of Copper Canyon Press, director of the Port Townsend Writers' Conference, and contributing editor at The American Poetry Review.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929918259
• ISBN13: 9781929918256
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: BOA Editions
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful poetry!

Hamill's poetry is accessible and breathtaking at the same time. There are poets I admire, and there are poets that I enjoy reading. Hamill is both. This volume was the first of his that I inhaled, and I felt like dancing after every poem. Recommended.