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Donald Hall was twice a National Book Award Finalist in Poetry: in 1956 for Exiles and Marriages and in 1993 for The Museum of Clear Ideas. He was also a National Book Award Finalist in Nonfiction in 1979 for Remembering Poets. Hall served as poet laureate of the United States from 2006 to 2007, is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, awarded by President Obama. More about this author >
The ability to write poems has “abandoned” Donald Hall, now in his eighties, one of the most significant — and beloved — poets of his generation. Instead of creating new poems, he has looked back over his astonishingly rich body of work and hand-picked poems for this final, concise volume that will delight, and endure. More about this book >
Donald Hall was twice a National Book Award Finalist in Poetry: in 1956 for Exiles and Marriages and in 1993 for The Museum of Clear Ideas. He was also a National Book Award Finalist in Nonfiction in 1979 for Remembering Poets. Hall served as poet laureate of the United States from 2006 to 2007, is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, awarded by President Obama.