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The Essential C.D. Wright

The Essential C.D. Wright

Gander, Forrest
Wiegers, Michael
Wright, C. D.

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $22.00

ISBN10: 1556597193
ISBN13: 9781556597190
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: May 13 2025
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.30 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
Spanning four decades of writing--and including never-before-seen poems--The Essential C.D. Wright carries the reverence and wisecracking lyricism of poems that reshaped American poetry.

The Essential C.D. Wright gathers rare selections across the famed poet's entire oeuvre--from the first book, Alla Breve Loving (1976), through to ShallCross, which was in production at the time of her unexpected death in 2016. Tracing a writing life that spans more than four decades, this essential collection illuminates works that remain empowered by an unrelenting independence, a reverence for mentors, and wry, wisecracking lyricism. A formally restless, energetic, uncompromising, and utterly unique voice, C.D. Wright introduced a contemporary audience to the promise and power of docupoetics, while pushing the musical boundaries of vernacular speech and reshaping American poetry. With a moving introduction by Forrest Gander, this volume cements C.D. Wright's place in the literary canon.

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