Knowledge

by Michael Heller

Poetry. Originally published in 1979, this highly praised collection of poems takes as its themes the perennial concerns of poetry, love, history, knowing and mourning. As Toby Olson wrote of the book in New Letters, "The reader feels an arrival at a place that he might well have thought was unsayable."

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Michael Heller has published more than twenty-five volumes of poetry, essays, and memoir. His recent works include the poetry collection This Constellation Is a Name: Collected Poems 1965–2010, Dianoia, and Beckmann Variations and Other Poems, a work in prose and poetry. He is the recipient of numerous prizes, including awards from the Poetry Society of America, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Fund for Poetry. He lives in New York City.