Collected Poems

The complete text of Roethke’s seven published volumes.

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The complete text of Roethke’s seven published volumes. Included are his Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners The Walking, Words for the Wind, and The Far Field.

J. B.

Based on the story of Job, this drama in verse tells the story of a 20th-century American millionaire banker whom God commands be stripped of his family & wealth, but who refuses to turn his back on God.
Based on the story of Job, this drama in verse tells the story of a 20th-century American millionaire banker whom God commands be stripped of his family & wealth, but who refuses to turn his back on God. J.B. won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1959 & the Tony Award for best play. More important, the play sparked a national conversation about the nature of God, the meaning of hope & the role of the artist in society.