Paradise Poems

by Gerald Stern

Poems examine the author's personal and literary past, as well as music, nature, identity, art, love, suffering, and death

Genres: Poetry

87 pages, Hardcover

First published July 12, 1984

About the author

Gerald Stern, the author of seventeen poetry collections, has won the National Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Ruth Lilly Prize, and the Wallace Stevens Award, among others. He lives in Lambertville, New Jersey.

Reviews

[Erika Dreifus]

Stern is another poet whose work I've been meaning to get to know better for a long time. What happened in Pittsburgh at the end of October 2018, and what I read about this book in a reading list that I discovered shortly thereafter, prompted me to purchase a used copy. I'm so glad that I did.

[Mills College Library]

811.54 S8392p 1984

[Phyllis Katz · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful collection of poems. Expulsion is a favorite.