Collected Poems of Mark Strand (Paperback)

from ShawIslandLibrary

It's always interesting to have a collection that spans a poet's lifetime of work. While I didn't connect with most of it (for me, the clever, witty language seemed a screen that often blocked that connection instead of being a conduit), Strand was clearly an important poet, worthy of our attempt...

from jphamilton

One night, I found myself reading a lot of Mark Strand poetry—though I still wasn't even halfway through his 500-page Collected Poems. I was dead tired, my eyes were shot, my back ached, but I was absolutely driven to read more. Though I had recently read Louise Glück's huge book of poetry (Poems...

from jphamilton

One night, I found myself reading a lot of Mark Strand poetry—though I still wasn't even halfway through his 500-page Collected Poems. I was dead tired, my eyes were shot, my back ached, but I was absolutely driven to read more. Though I had recently read Louise Glück's huge book of poetry (Poems...