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OtherwiseJane Kenyon
Poetry

Otherwise

230 pagesFirst published 19962 editions
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Otherwise collects a lifetime's work of poetry by one of our most cherished poets. Opening with twenty new poems and including generous selections from Jane Kenyon's four previous books - From Room to Room, The Boat of Quiet Hours, Let Evening Come, and Constance - this collection was selected and arranged by Kenyon shortly before her death in April 1995. This extensive collection reveals a scrupulously crafted body of work in which poem after poem achieves a rare and somber grace. Light and shade are never far apart in these telling narratives of life at the poet's New Hampshire home. The…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
PaperbackGraywolf Press19972309781555972660
EditionGraywolf Press19962309781555972400
Poetry (poetic works by one author)New York Times reviewedPoetry