Messenger
New and Selected Poems 1976-2006
Description
“Genius. Voigt is a poet of knowledge, and knowledge in the living, messy world.”—Robert Pinsky, Washington Post Book World
To witness the maturation of a poet over time is one of the great pleasures of reading. Here Ellen Bryant Voigt gives us that narrative distilled and amplified, arranging selections from six previous volumes to culminate in transcendent recent poems.
Awards
Shortlisted — National Book Award, 2007
Shortlisted — Pulitzer Prize, 2008
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