Things That Burn

By Jacqueline Berger

Book Overview

The Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry was inaugurated in 2003 to honor the late poet, a nationally recognized author of numerous collections of poetry and a former professor at the University of Utah. Things That Burn by Jacqueline Berger is the 2004 prizewinning volume selected by this year's judge, former U.S. Poet Laureate Mark Strand. In this evocative collection Berger dissects in ardent language and rich imagery the ways that hunger and longing propel us through our lives, offering the reader a postmortem of passion and desire.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874808278
• ISBN13: 9780874808278
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher