Ranking the Wishes by Carl Dennis
In his seventh book, Carl Dennis explores the ways in which our wishes - those in our power to fulfill at any moment and those that have no chance of ever being realized - define who we are. While some of the poems view wishing as a failure to do justice to the world we have, others regard it as a recognition that no present, however rich, can satisfy the imagination, and suggest that one of the functions of poetry is to keep significant wishes alive. In showing with moving clarity how wishes are essential to giving shape and direction to the moment, these poems make use of a rich variety of genres: elegy, advice, meditation, warning, consolation, and prophecy.Carl Dennis is the author of nine collections of poetry, the most recent of which, Practical Gods, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2001. He has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 2000 he was awarded the Ruth Lilly Award for his contribution to American poetry by Poetry Magazine and the Modern Poetry Association. He is a part-time faculty member of Warren Wilson College's MFA program in creative writing and teaches in the English Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140587791 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140587799 |
| Title | Ranking the Wishes |
| Author | Carl Dennis |
| Series | Penguin Poets |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 1997-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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