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J.D. McClatchy

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born

in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

January 01, 1945

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male

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http://jdmcclatchy.com/

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Poetry

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McClatchy is an adjunct professor at Yale University and editor of the Yale Review. He also edits the "Voice of the Poet" series for Random House AudioBooks.

His book Hazmat (Alfred A. Knopf, 2002) was nominated for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize. He has written texts for musical settings, including eight opera libretti, for such composers as Elliot Goldenthal, Daron Hagen, Lowell Liebermann, Lorin Maazel, Tobias Picker, Ned Rorem, Bruce Saylor, and William Schuman. His honors include an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1991). He has also been one of the New York Public Literary Lions, and received the 2000 Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award.

In 1999, he was elected into the membership of The American Academy of Arts...more

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J.D. McClatchy's Books

Average rating: 4.09 · 1,433 ratings · 171 reviews · 54 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 316 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems of the Sea 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Speaks Its Name: Gay and Lesbian Love Poems 4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poets on Painters: Essays on the Art of Painting by Twentieth-Century Poets 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas Poems 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1999	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hazmat 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2002	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Wings of Song: Poems About Birds 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2000	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Writers at Home by J.D. McClatchy, Erica Lennard (Photographs) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Four Seasons: Poems 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Everyman's Library Pocket Poets (1 book)
by J.D. McClatchy (Editor)
3.588235294117647 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings

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“A poem needs disguises. It needs secrets. It thrives on the tension between what is said and not said; it prefers the oblique, the implied, the ironic, the suggestive; when it speaks, it wants you to lean forward a little to overhear; it wants you to understand things only years later.”
― J.D. McClatchy

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