Richard Hugo
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[1977]
Language
English
Description
Richard Hugo, whom Carolyn Kizer has called "one of the most passionate, energetic, and honest poets living," here offers an extraordinary collection of new poems, each one a "letter" or a "dream." Both letters and dreams are special manifestations of alone-ness; Hugo's special senses of alone-ness, of places, and of other people are the forces behind his distinctively American and increasingly authoritative poetic voice. Each letter is written from...
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
Richard Hugo, who died suddenly in 1982, was, in James Wright's words, 'a great poet, true to our difficult life, ' Making Certain It Goes On brings together, as Hugo wished, the poems published in book form during his lifetime, together with the moving and courageous new poems he wrote in his last years. This, then, is the definitive collection of a major American poet's enduring works.