Jean Valentine
This-World Company
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism
| Author: | Mohammed Kazim Ali, John Hoppenthaler | ISBN: | 9780472028610 |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan Press | Publication: | July 31, 2012 |
| Imprint: | University of Michigan Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mohammed Kazim Ali, John Hoppenthaler |
| ISBN: | 9780472028610 |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan Press |
| Publication: | July 31, 2012 |
| Imprint: | University of Michigan Press |
| Language: | English |
Over the course of more than four decades, contemporary American poet Jean Valentine has written eleven books of stunning, spirit-inflected poetry. This collection of essays, assembled over several years by Kazim Ali and John Hoppenthaler, brings together twenty-six pieces on all stages of Valentine's career by a range of poets, scholars, and admirers.
Valentine's poetry has long been valued for its dreamlike qualities, its touches of the personal and the political, and its mesmerizing phrasing. Valentine is a National Book Award winner and was named the State Poet of New York in 2008. She has taught a number of popular workshops and has been awarded a Bunting Institute Fellowship, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and the Shelley Memorial Prize.
Over the course of more than four decades, contemporary American poet Jean Valentine has written eleven books of stunning, spirit-inflected poetry. This collection of essays, assembled over several years by Kazim Ali and John Hoppenthaler, brings together twenty-six pieces on all stages of Valentine's career by a range of poets, scholars, and admirers.
Valentine's poetry has long been valued for its dreamlike qualities, its touches of the personal and the political, and its mesmerizing phrasing. Valentine is a National Book Award winner and was named the State Poet of New York in 2008. She has taught a number of popular workshops and has been awarded a Bunting Institute Fellowship, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and the Shelley Memorial Prize.
