Selected Poems 1976-2012

Anindispensablevolumeofpoems,selectedfromalmostfourdecadesofwork,thattrackstheevolutionofoneofourmostrenownedcontemporarypoets,PulitzerPrize-winnerJorieGraham.ThePoetryFoundationhasnamedJorieGraham"oneofthemostcelebratedpoetsoftheAmericanpost-wargeneration."In1996,hervolumeofpoetryselectedfromherfirstfivebooks,DreamofaUnifiedField,wonthePulitzerPrize.Now,twentyyearslater,Grahamreturnswithanewselection,thistimefromelevenvolumes,includingpreviouslyunpublishedwork,which,initsbreathtakingoverview,illuminatesofthedevelopmentofherremarkablepoetrythusfar.InFromtheNewWorld--Poems1976-2014,wecanwitnesstheunfoldingofGraham'ssignatureethicalandeco-politicalconcerns,aswellasherdeftexplorationofmythology,history,loveand,increasingly,loveoftheworldinatimeofcrisis.Astheworkevolves,thedepthofcompassiongrows--graduallytransforming,wideningandexpandingherextraordinaryformalresourcesandherinimitablestyle.ThesepagespresentabrilliantportraitoneofthemajorvoicesofAmericancontemporarypoetry.AscriticCalvinBedientsays,"IfGrahamhasprovedoversizedasapoetinthefieldofcontemporarypoetry,itisbecauseshecontinuallyrecallsthegreatWesterntraditionofphilosophicalandreligiousinquiry...tenaciouslythinkingandfeelingherwaythroughlayerafterlayerofperception,likenopoetbeforeher."