In the Western Night Collected Poems, 1965-1990

by Bidart, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780374522711
• ISBN10: 0374522715
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-06-01
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Summary

"In the Western Night brings together in one volume all of the poems to date, including many previously unpublished poems, of one of the most exciting and gifted poets writing today.

Author Biography

Frank Bidart’s collections of poetry include Star Dust (FSG, 2005), Desire (FSG, 1997), and In the Western Night: Collected Poems 1965–90 (FSG, 1990). He has won many prizes, including the 2007 Bollingen Prize in American Poetry.

Table of Contents

In the Western Night (1990)
To the Dead	p. 3
Dark Night	p. 5
In the Western Night	p. 7
Poem in the Stanza of the "Rubaiyat"	p. 12
In the Ruins	p. 13
Guilty of Dust	p. 14
The Sacrifice (1983)
The War of Vaslav Nijinsky	p. 21
For Mary Ann Youngren	p. 50
Catullus: Odi et amo	p. 52
Confessional	p. 53
The Sacrifice	p. 75
Genesis 1-2:4	p. 77
The Book of the Body (1977)
The Arc	p. 85
Happy Birthday	p. 94
Elegy	p. 96
The Book of the Body	p. 106
Ellen West	p. 109
Golden State (1973)
Herbert White	p. 127
Self-Portrait, 1969	p. 132
California Plush	p. 135
Book of Life	p. 144
Golden State	p. 149
Vergil Aeneid 1.1-33	p. 167
After Catullus	p. 169
To My Father	p. 170
Another Life	p. 171
The First Hour of the Night (1990)
Now In Your Hand	p. 177
You remain	p. 179
By These Waters	p. 180
Long and Short Lines	p. 181
Book of Night	p. 182
The First Hour of the Night	p. 183
Appendix
An Interview--With Mark Halliday	p. 223
Notes	p. 243
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