Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Poetic Obituaries: In 1988, despite the stroke,

[William] Meredith won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for "Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems." In 1997, he won the National Book Award for Poetry for "Effort in Speech."

"If you look at his career," says [Dana] Gioia, "what you see is a long and remarkable story."

from The Day: Requiem For A Poet

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