The Emperor of Water Clocks: Poems

by Yusef Komunyakaa

Book Overview

Another brilliant collection from Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa, who David Wojahn has called one of our "most significant and individual voices," The Emperor of Water Clocks delights, challenges, and satisfies.

"If I am not Ulysses, I am / his dear, ruthless half-brother." So announces Yusef Komunyakaa early in his lush new collection, The Emperor of Water Clocks. But Ulysses (or his half...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374147833
• ISBN13: 9780374147839
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.7"