false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg 2382591 3 <div><div><b>The searing collection, a cult favorite for decades, by the late Thomas James<br></b></div><div><b></b> </div><div><b>I will last forever. I am not impatient&#8212;<br>My skin will wait to greet its old complexions.<br>I&#8217;ll lie here till the world swims back again.<br> &#8212;from &#8220;Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh&#8221;</b></div><div> </div><div>Thomas James&#8217;s <i>Letters to a Stranger</i>&#8212;originally published in 1973, shortly before James&#8217;s suicide&#8212;has become one of the underground classics of contemporary poetry. In this new edition, with an introduction by Lucie Brock-Broido and four of James&#8217;s poems never before published in book form, this fraught and moving masterpiece is at last available.<br><i></i></div><div><i></i> </div><div><i>Letters to a Stranger</i> is a new book in the Graywolf Poetry Re/View Series, edited by Mark Doty, dedicated to bringing essential books of contemporary American poetry back into print.</div></div> 2389603 1973 Letters to a Stranger: Poems total:45|5:19|4:16|3:8|2:1|1:1| 45 186 79 11 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 3 0 false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 18:13:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 17:05:17 -0700 2009 Letters to a Stranger starts with the quiet dream-like images of "Waking Up": "curls of dark grass," "a lake of dark petals" (p 5). The poems continue full of quiet, full of dreams and death. There are some exquisite bits early in the book, like "a few perfect flak...more...]]> 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 5 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 10:15:14 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 10:20:20 -0700 2008 —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, STARRED REVIEW

“Letters to a Stranger is a book of dark intensities and deeply felt connection...more...]]> 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 4 0 false Tue Jan 20 07:11:22 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 07:18:35 -0800 2009 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 3 0 false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 14:10:51 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 10:46:21 -0700 2009 enjoy reading this book, but I deeply admire and respect the talent of Thomas James. ]]> 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 3 0 false Tue Sep 30 20:37:24 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 11:35:15 -0800 2008 Ariel alongside the James, and perhaps I will whenever I get around to Plath again. As for the James, some wonderfu...more...]]> 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 5 0 false Fri Sep 26 07:55:37 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 08:00:33 -0700 2008 The equivalent in poetry of the novel A Confederacy of Dunces -- that is, both authors died young, of suicide, after writing just one book in which the originality of their genius shines through. ]]> 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 3 0 false Mon Mar 02 12:34:17 -0800 2009 Mon Jul 27 15:14:39 -0700 2009 1706031 0395172071 9780395172070 2 1 4.13 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1706031.Letters_to_a_stranger 4 0 false Mon Feb 25 21:30:53 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 05 09:59:50 -0700 2008 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 5 0 false Tue May 20 04:04:45 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 04:05:56 -0700 2008 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 5 0 false Fri Oct 31 20:13:46 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 20:14:02 -0700 2008 4670846 0 1 4.13 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4670846.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 0 0 false Mon Sep 15 12:56:49 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 12:16:42 -0700 2008 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 0 0 false Thu Dec 10 19:40:38 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 19:40:38 -0800 2009 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 4 0 false Wed Oct 07 17:46:31 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 17:46:31 -0700 2009 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 0 0 false Tue Sep 15 09:49:47 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 09:49:47 -0700 2009 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 0 0 false Sat Sep 12 11:56:07 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 11:57:09 -0700 2009 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 0 0 false Fri Sep 11 19:51:12 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 19:51:15 -0700 2009 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 4 0 false Sun Jul 19 18:34:10 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 18:34:10 -0700 2009 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 5 0 false Fri May 08 20:39:17 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 20:39:17 -0700 2009 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 0 0 false Mon May 04 18:26:21 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 18:26:21 -0700 2009 2382591 155597502X 9781555975029 43 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063042m/2382591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2382591.Letters_to_a_Stranger_Poems 0 0 false Sun May 03 09:35:20 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 09:35:20 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2382591