White Apples and the Taste of Stone
Donald Hall
Spanning the entire career of the celebrated American poet, a collection of 226 works represents sixty years of poetic endeavor, including recent poems and a CD containing readings by the author.
Read Time: ~4.3 hr
Brush up your poetry!
by Michael Macrone (1998)
About this book
The books in the Brush Up series clarify the thoughts, theories and declarations that have defined and developed the core of Western civilisation over the millennia, from the classics through the Renaissance to the information revolution.
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