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Born in September 20, 1928 / United States / English

Bibliography

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FOR CHILDREN

  • Andrew the Lion Farmer, illustrated by Jane Miller, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1959, illustrated by Ann Reason, Methuen (London, England), 1961.
  • Riddle Rat, illustrated by Mort Gerberg, Warne (London, England), 1977.
  • Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney, Viking (New York, NY), 1979.
  • The Man Who Lived Alone, illustrated by Mary Azarian, Godine (New York, NY), 1984.
  • (Editor) The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America, Oxford University Press, 1985.
  • The Farm Summer 1942, illustrated by Barry Moser, Dial (New York, NY), 1994.
  • I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat, illustrated by Barry Moser, Dial (New York, NY), 1994.
  • Lucy's Christmas, illustrated by Michael McCurdy, Harcourt Brace (New York, NY), 1994.
  • Lucy's Summer, illustrated by Michael McCurdy, Harcourt Brace (New York, NY), 1995.
  • When Willard Met Babe Ruth, illustrated by Barry Moser, Harcourt Brace (New York, NY), 1996.
  • Old Home Day, illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully, Harcourt Brace, (New York, NY) 1996.
  • The Milkman's Boy, illustrated by Greg Shed, Walker (New York, NY), 1997.

POETRY

  • Fantasy Poets No. 4, Fantasy Press, 1952.
  • Exile, Fantasy Press, 1952.
  • To the Loud Wind and Other Poems, Pegasus, 1955.
  • Exiles and Marriages, Viking (New York, NY), 1955.
  • The Dark Houses, Viking (New York, NY), 1958.
  • A Roof of Tiger Lilies, Viking (New York, NY), 1964.
  • The Alligator Bride: Poems, New and Selected, Harper (New York, NY), 1969.
  • The Yellow Room: Love Poems, Harper (New York, NY), 1971.
  • The Gentleman's Alphabet Book (limericks), illustrated by Harvey Kornberg, Dutton (New York, NY), 1972.
  • The Town of Hill, Godine (New York, NY), 1975.
  • A Blue Wing Tilts at the Edge of the Sea: Selected Poems, 1964-1974, Secker & Warburg (London, England), 1975.
  • Kicking the Leaves, Harper (New York, NY), 1978.
  • The Toy Bone, BOA Editions, 1979.
  • Brief Lives: Seven Epigrams, William B. Ewart, 1983.
  • The Twelve Seasons, Deerfield Press, 1983.
  • Great Day in the Cow's House, illustrated with photographs by T. S. Bronson, Ives Street Press, 1984.
  • The Happy Man, Random House (New York, NY), 1986.
  • The One Day, Ticknor & Fields, 1988.
  • Old and New Poems, Ticknor & Fields, 1990.
  • The Museum of Clear Ideas, Ticknor & Fields, 1993.
  • The Old Life, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1996.
  • Without, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1998.
  • The Purpose of a Chair, Brooding Heron Press (Waldron Island, WA), 2000.
  • The Painted Bed, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2002.
  • White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Poems, 1946-2006, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2006.

Contributor of poetry to numerous periodicals, including the New Yorker, New Republic, New Criterion, Kenyon Review, Iowa Review, Georgia Review, Ohio Review, Gettysburg Review, Nation, and Atlantic.

PROSE

  • String Too Short to Be Saved: Recollections of Summers on a New England Farm (autobiography), illustrated by Mimi Korach, Viking (New York, NY), 1961, expanded edition, Godine (New York, NY), 1979.
  • Henry Moore: The Life and Work of a Great Sculptor, Harper (New York, NY), 1966.
  • As the Eye Moves: A Sculpture by Henry Moore, illustrated with photographs by David Finn, Abrams (New York, NY), 1970.
  • Marianne Moore: The Cage and the Animal, Pegasus, 1970.
  • The Pleasures of Poetry, Harper (New York, NY), 1971.
  • Writing Well, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 1974, 9th edition (with Sven Birkerts), HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1997.
  • (With others) Playing Around: The Million-Dollar Infield Goes to Florida, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1974.
  • (With Dock Ellis) Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball, Coward (New York, NY), 1976.
  • Goatfoot Milktongue Twinbird: Interviews, Essays, and Notes on Poetry, 1970-76, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1978.
  • Remembering Poets: Reminiscences and Opinions—Dylan Thomas, Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Harper (New York, NY), 1978, revised edition published as Their Ancient Glittering Eyes, Remembering Poets and More Poets, Ticknor & Fields, 1992.
  • To Keep Moving: Essays, 1959-1969, Hobart & William Smith Colleges Press, 1980.
  • To Read Literature, Holt (New York, NY), 1980.
  • The Weather for Poetry: Essays, Reviews, and Notes on Poetry, 1977-1981, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1982.
  • Fathers Playing Catch with Sons: Essays on Sport (Mostly Baseball), North Point Press, 1985.
  • Seasons at Eagle Pond, illustrated by Thomas W. Nason, Ticknor & Fields, 1987.
  • Poetry and Ambition, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1988.
  • Here at Eagle Pond, illustrated by Thomas W. Nason, Ticknor & Fields, 1990.
  • Life Work, Beacon Press (Boston, MA), 1993.
  • Death to the Death of Poetry: Essays, Reviews, Notes, Interviews, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1994.
  • Principle Products of Portugal: Prose Pieces, Beacon Press (Boston, MA), 1995.
  • Willow Temple: New and Selected Stories, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2003.
  • Breakfast Served Any Time All Day: Essays on Poetry New and Selected, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 2003.
  • The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon (memoir), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2005.

Contributor of short stories and articles to numerous periodicals, including the New Yorker, Esquire, Atlantic, Playboy, Transatlantic Review, and American Scholar. Author of afterword to Jane Kenyon's Otherwise: New and Selected Poems.

PLAYS

  • An Evening's Frost, first produced in Ann Arbor, MI; produced Off-Broadway, 1965.
  • Bread and Roses, produced in Ann Arbor, MI, 1975.
  • Ragged Mountain Elegies (produced in Peterborough, NH, 1983), revised version published as The Bone Ring (produced in New York, NY, 1986), Story Line, 1987.

EDITOR

  • The Harvard Advocate Anthology, Twayne (New York, NY), 1950.
  • (With Robert Pack and Louis Simpson) The New Poets of England and America, Meridian Books, 1957.
  • Whittier, Dell (New York, NY), 1961.
  • Contemporary American Poetry, Penguin (London England), 1962, Penguin (Baltimore, MD), 1963.
  • (With Robert Pack) New Poets of England and America: Second Selection, Meridian Books, 1962.
  • A Poetry Sampler, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1962.
  • (With Stephen Spender) The Concise Encyclopedia of English and American Poets and Poetry, Hawthorn, 1963.
  • (With Warren Taylor) Poetry in English, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1963.
  • A Choice of Whitman's Verse, Faber & Faber (London, England), 1968.
  • Man and Boy, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1968.
  • The Modern Stylists, Free Press (New York, NY), 1968.
  • American Poetry: An Introductory Anthology, Faber & Faber (London, England), 1969.
  • (With D. L. Emblem) A Writer's Reader, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 1969, 9th edition, Longman (New York, NY), 2002.
  • The Pleasures of Poetry, Harper (New York, NY), 1971.
  • The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 1981.
  • To Read Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Holt (New York, NY), 1981, 3rd edition, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1992.
  • Claims for Poetry, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1982.
  • To Read Poetry, Holt (New York, NY), 1982, revised edition published as To Read a Poem, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1992.
  • The Contemporary Essay, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1984, 3rd edition, 1995.
  • To Read Fiction, Holt (New York, NY), 1987.
  • (With Pat Corrington Wykes) Anecdotes of Modern Art: From Rousseau to Warhol, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1990.
  • Andrew Marvell, The Essential Marvell, Ecco Press (New York, NY), 1991.
  • Edwin Arlington Robinson, The Essential Robinson, Ecco Press (New York, NY), 1993.
  • Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1999.

Former poetry editor, Paris Review. Former member of editorial board, Wesleyan University Press poetry series; editor, University of Michigan "Poets on Poetry" series.