A biography of the famous American poet, detailing the events of his frequently unhappy life, his love for his wife and children, and the way all of this was woven into his poetry.
Collection of the best poems by sixty-five American poets including Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Merrill, Louis Gluck, Allen Ginsberg, and others.
Reconstructs the pivotal year of 1919, tracing the political, diplomatic, social, cultural, and psychological changes that combined to make 1919 the first year, in essence, of the twentieth century.