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James Longenbach

James Longenbach (1959–2022) was the author of seven volumes of poems and eight books of prose. His honors include an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

James Longenbach

James Longenbach (1959–2022) was the author of seven volumes of poems and eight books of prose. His honors include an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Awards

Shortlisted — National Book Critics Circle Award, 2017

Books by James Longenbach

  • The Iron Key: Poems

    James Longenbach

    Paperback, 2012

    "The world in these poems, rendered from memory on a mythic tide, is at once palpable and numinous." —On the Seawall
  • The Iron Key: Poems

    James Longenbach

    Hardback, 2010

    A capacious, elegant collection from a writer “with an ear as subtle and assured as any American poet now writing” (John Koethe).
  • Earthling: Poems

    James Longenbach

    Paperback, 2017

    Earthling confronts our deepest fears in clear and haunting language, from “a poet of extraordinary gifts” (American Academy of Arts and Letters).
  • How Poems Get Made

    James Longenbach

    Paperback, 2018

    A comprehensive guide to writing or reading poetry, by “one of our most lucid and important critics” (American Academy of Arts and Letters).
  • Earthling: Poems

    James Longenbach

    E Book, 2017

    Earthling confronts our deepest fears in clear and haunting language, from “a poet of extraordinary gifts” (American Academy of Arts and Letters).
  • How Poems Get Made

    James Longenbach

    E Book, 2018

    A comprehensive guide to writing or reading poetry, by “one of our most lucid and important critics” (American Academy of Arts and Letters).
  • Forever: Poems

    James Longenbach

    Paperback, 2023

    In lucid, elegant poems, Forever contemplates love against the pressing question of mortality after a diagnosis of cancer
  • Forever: Poems

    James Longenbach

    E Book, 2021

    In lucid, elegant poems, Forever contemplates love against the pressing question of mortality after a diagnosis of cancer.