Destination Zero by Sam Hamill
This major work encompasses over twenty years in the career of an important American literary figure who is one of the most influential poets of his generation.
"Sam Hamill's large body of major work in poetry has been inexplicably neglected, although his service to so many other poets as founding editor of Copper Canyon Press is deservedly well known and highly respected, as are his translations from Japanese and ChineseThis substantial collection will, one hopes, make his poems (new and out of print) available to a wider audience and give some sense of his music, his range and generosity, the strength and amplitude of this indispensable poet." -- Denise Levertov.
Hamill, Sam: - Sam Hamill is the author of more than a dozen collections of poetry, including Destination Zero: Poems 1970- 1995 (1995), DUMB LUCK (2002), Almost Paradise: New and Selected Poems and Translations (2005), and Measured by Stone (2007). Influenced by Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Kenneth Rexroth, Denise Levertov, and Hayden Carruth, Hamill presents a model of honest, consistent, undisguised political engagement: he articulates not only a vision of peace with justice, not only his relish for work to achieve that vision, but his sense of the role that poetry can play, as Publishers Weekly noted in its review of Measured by Stone. Hamill has also published several collections of essays and numerous translations. With Bill O'Daly and Tree Swenson, he co-founded the all-poetry Copper Canyon Press in Denver, Colorado. Copper Canyon later joined with the nonprofit arts organization Centrum in Port Townsend, Washington. Hamill was editor-printer for the press from 1972 until 2004.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781877727535 |
| ISBN 10 | 1877727539 |
| Title | Destination Zero |
| Author | Sam Hamill |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | White Pine Press |
| Year published | 1995-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 236 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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