This important book--shot through with reflections on, explorations of, and hymns to both our natural and spiritual realms--features the three poetry collections Charles Wright published during the 1980s: "The Southern Cross (1981), "The Other Side of the River (1984), and "Zone Journals (1988).
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Luminous new poems from one who "has long been a poet of gorgeous description" --William Logan, "The New Criterion"
"Landscape, as Wang Wei says, softens the sharp edges of isolation."
"Don't just do something, sit there."
"And so I have, so I have, "
"the seasons curling around me like[...]

The "Best American Poetry" series is a beloved mainstay of American poetry. This year's edition was edited by one of the most admired and acclaimed poets of his generation, Charles Wright. Known for his meditative and beautiful observations of landscape, change, and time, Wright brings his particula[...]

This companion covers Charles Wright's first two trilogies, ""Country Music"" (1982) and ""The World of the Ten Thousand Things"" (1990), providing biographical details, information on Wright's sources and influences, and historical notes. It pays special attention to the way that Wright's poems wor[...]