Jorie Graham

This collection of poetry explores the role of subjective qualities in guiding people through a world that increasingly devalues human experience, and proposes a renewed recognition of individual value and influence.

"An indispensable volume of poems, selected from almost four decades of work, that tracks the evolution of one of our most renowned contemporary poets, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jorie Graham. Much awaited and long needed, From the New World--a sequence of poems from Jorie Graham's prior eleven books--offers more than a retrospect of this major poet's work. This selection, including several revised and new poems, creates a startlingly fresh trajectory...