Mount Lebanon

Fiction & Literature, Poetry
Cover of the book Mount Lebanon by Karl Kirchwey, Penguin Publishing Group
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Author: Karl Kirchwey ISBN: 9781101486481
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: March 31, 2011
Imprint: Marian Wood Books/Putnam Language: English
Author: Karl Kirchwey
ISBN: 9781101486481
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: March 31, 2011
Imprint: Marian Wood Books/Putnam
Language: English

"Kirchwey shares the classicist's vision of poetry as a living tradition that extends from antiquity to the present . . . and his poems in this issue are about violent love and transcendent longing, the great romantic themes."
-Langdon Hammer, The American Scholar

"One of the very best poets of his generation."
-John Hollander

"The poems shimmer with intelligence, wit, and delicacy; and yet at times they resonate with the deepest and most stirring of feelings."
-Anthony Hecht

Mount Lebanon is a singular work from a mature talent. Loosely structured around an extinct Shaker community in New York state and the surrounding landscape, the book expands to include Kirchwey's stories of aging, parenthood, romantic love, and even the domestic pleasures and dramas hidden within a garden. Each poem is beautifully crafted; taken together, they make up a powerful volume. This is a witty, stylish, and moving collection from a major American poet.

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"Kirchwey shares the classicist's vision of poetry as a living tradition that extends from antiquity to the present . . . and his poems in this issue are about violent love and transcendent longing, the great romantic themes."
-Langdon Hammer, The American Scholar

"One of the very best poets of his generation."
-John Hollander

"The poems shimmer with intelligence, wit, and delicacy; and yet at times they resonate with the deepest and most stirring of feelings."
-Anthony Hecht

Mount Lebanon is a singular work from a mature talent. Loosely structured around an extinct Shaker community in New York state and the surrounding landscape, the book expands to include Kirchwey's stories of aging, parenthood, romantic love, and even the domestic pleasures and dramas hidden within a garden. Each poem is beautifully crafted; taken together, they make up a powerful volume. This is a witty, stylish, and moving collection from a major American poet.

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