false <![CDATA[The Selected Levis (Pitt Poetry Series)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170528473m/59005.jpg 59005 2 Edited and with an Afterword by David St. John <P>When Larry Levis died suddenly in 1996, Philip Levine wrote that he had years earlier recognized Levis as the most gifted and determined young poet I have ever had the good fortune to have in one of my classes. . . . His early death is a staggering loss for our poetry, but what he left isevement that will enrich our lives. Each of his books was published to wide critical acclaim, and David St. John has collected together the best of his work from his first five books: Wrecking Crew (1972), Afterlife (1976), The Dollmakers Ghost (1981), Winter Stars (1985) and The Widening Spell of the Leaves (1991). <P>It is not an exaggeration to say that the death of Larry Levis in 1996of a heart attack at 49sent a shock wave through the ranks of American poetry. Not only was Levis a gooew, won the United States Award from the International Poetry Forum, and was published in the Pitt Poetry Series in 1972. His second book, The Afterlife, won the Lamont Award from the American Academy of Poets in 1976. In 1981, The Dollmakers Ghost was a winner of the Open Competition of the National Poetry Series. Among his other awards were three fellowships in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Fulbright Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Larry Levis died in 1996. 57452 2000 The Selected Levis (Pitt Poetry Series) total:149|5:109|4:30|3:9|2:1|1:0| 149 694 191 11 3 1 false false Sat Jan 10 21:30:30 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 22:41:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 19 12:13:03 -0800 2008 Wed Aug 13 11:20:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 03 08:11:03 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 08:12:58 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 06 11:46:11 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 11:46:36 -0800 2009 someday you'll find me
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