Walking to Martha's Vineyard by Franz Wright

Walking to Martha's Vineyard by Franz Wright

In this radiant new collection, Franz Wright shares his regard for life in all its forms and his belief in the promise of blessing and renewal. As he watches the Resurrection of the little apple tree outside / my window, he shakes off his fear of mortality, concluding what death . . . There is only / mine / or yours, - / but the world / will be filled with the living. In prayerlike poems he invokes the one who spoke the world / into being and celebrates a dazzling universe-snowflakes descending at nightfall, the intense yellow petals of the September sunflower, the planet adrift in a blizzard of stars, the simple mystery of loving other people. As Wright overcomes a natural tendency toward loneliness and isolation, he gives voice to his hope for the only animal that commits suicide, and, to our deep pleasure, he arrives at a place of gratitude that is grounded in the earth and its moods.

From the Hardcover edition.

Wright, Franz: - Born in Vienna, Franz Wright is the author of ten full-length collections of poetry. Walking to Martha's Vineyard (Knopf 2003) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. His collections Wheeling Motel, Earlier Poems, and God's Silence were published by Knopf in 2009, 2007, and 2006. Wright's other works include the recent chapbooks ENTRIES OF THE CELL (Marick Press, 2010), 7PROSE (Marick Press, 2010), LEAVE ME HIDDEN (Marick Press, 2010) and THE CATFISH (Marick Press, 2007), and the full-length collections The Beforelife (2001), Ill Lit: New and Selected Poems (1998), Rorschach Test (1995), The Night World and the Word Night (1993), and Midnight Postscript (1993). Mr. Wright has also translated poems by Rene Char, Erica Pedretti, and Rainer Maria Rilke. He has received the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, as well as grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Wright has taught in many colleges and universities, including Emerson College and the University of Arkansas. He is currently the writer-in-residence at Brandeis. He has also worked in a mental health clinic in Lexington, Massachusetts, and as a volunteer at the Center for Grieving Children.

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ISBN 13	9780375710018
ISBN 10	0375710019
Title	Walking to Martha's Vineyard
Author	Franz Wright
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2005-04-05
Number of pages	96
Prizes	Winner of Pulitzer Prize 2004
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