Publication

2014 - Graywolf Press

Language

English

Word Count

32,000 words, Guess

Page Count

128 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPS3537.T143A6 2014

Description

"In our time there has been no poet who revived human hearts and spirits more convincingly than William Stafford." -Naomi Shihab NyeSome time when the river is ice ask memistakes I have made. Ask me whetherwhat I have done is my life. -from "Ask Me" In celebration of the poet's centennial, Ask Me collects one hundred of William Stafford's essential poems. As a conscientious objector during World War II, while assigned to Civilian Public Service camps Stafford began his daily writing practice, a lifelong early-morning ritual of witness. His poetry reveals the consequences of violence, the daily necessity of moral decisions, and the bounty of art. Selected and with a note by Kim Stafford, Ask Me presents the best from a profound and original American voice.

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Other Editions

  • Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems of William StaffordGraywolf Press2014-01-01

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