An Invitation to Poetry
A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology [With DVD]
By Robert Pinsky (Editor); Maggie Dietz (Editor); Rosemarie Ellis
(W. W. Norton & Company, Paperback, 9780393928389, 308pp.)
Publication Date: January 2006
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover
Categories: Anthologies (multiple authors)
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Description
Bringing together 200 poems chosen by American readers, the anthology includes work by Sappho, Keats, Rilke, Whitman, and Dickinson, as well as by contemporary poets. The selections are introduced by people from all walks of life a construction worker, a Supreme Court justice, a glass blower, a marine each commenting on his or her connection to the poem. An Invitation to Poetry is accompanied by a free DVD featuring a video introduction by Robert Pinsky and 27 of the Favorite Poem Project segments as seen on PBS 's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
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Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver Harper |
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The Art Forger Barbara Shapiro Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill |
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Sweeth Tooth Ian McEwan Nan A. Talese |
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The Light Between Oceans ML Steadman Scribner |
