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In "Touch Me," the last poem in the collection, Kunitz propounds a question, "What makes the engine go?" and gives us his answer: "Desire, desire, desire." These poems fairly hum with the energy, the excitement, the ardor, that make Kunitz one of our most enduring and highly honored poets. In the words of Carolyn Forché, "he is a living treasure."

Book Details

ISBN:
9780393316155
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
176
Authors:
Stanley Kunitz
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Published Date:
1997-05-01
Language:
English

About Stanley Kunitz

Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006) was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and enjoyed a literary career of extraordinary longevity, publishing his final collection at the age of ninety-seven. Educated at Harvard University, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Selected Poems: 1928–1958 (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1958). He served as Poet Laureate of the United States twice, in 1974 and from 2000 to 2001. His collection The Poems of Stanley Kunitz, 1928–1978 won the National Book Award. He cofounded the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and the Poets House in New York City, and was a founding member of the journal Antaeus. He taught at Columbia University for many years.

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