Strong Measures by Philip Dacey
Presents a new, wide-ranging selection of contemporary but structured American verse by almost two hundred poets.
PHILIP DACEY's five previous books of poetry include The Boy Under the Bed (The Johns Hopkins U. Press, 1981) and The Man with Red Suspenders (Milkweed, 1986). He co-edited Strong Measures: Contemporary American Poetry in Traditional Forms (HarperCollins, 1986). The latest of his many chapbooks is What's Empty Weighs the Most: 24 Sonnets (Black Dirt Press, 1997). Widely published in periodicals and anthologies, he teaches at the Minnesota State University in Marshall. Awards include two NEA fellowships, two Pushcart Prizes, Bush and Loft-McKnight fellowships, and a Fulbright Lectureship in Yugoslavia, as well as prizes from Poetry Northwest, Yankee, Prairie Schooner, Flyway and The Nebraska Review.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780060414719 |
| ISBN 10 | 0060414715 |
| Title | Strong Measures |
| Author | Philip Dacey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pearson Education (US) |
| Year published | 1985-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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