Near Changes: Poems [Paperback]

Mona Van Duyn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 25, 1992

Mona Van Duyn's Near Changes is a valuable addition to contemporary American poetry. This work provides a variety of riches surpassing even that of her earlier work. For wit, inventiveness, true feeling and a sharp eye for the passing scene, there is no one better than she.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The 1991 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection.
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From Library Journal

These poems, the author's first collection in eight years, are quiet, contemplative, and reflective in a refreshingly straightforward way. Although occasionally overly sentimental, they speak to the value of everyday life and experience in a way that we can all understand. The author encompasses a wide sweep of subject--from the deep love that develops between two people who have been together for many years to the dailiness of a supermarket trip. And, while some of the poems express an almost mournful sense of regret over the things in life that didn't turn out as planned, the overall tone is of affirmation and optimism.
- Jessica Grim, Univ. of California Lib., Berkeley
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 69 pages
• Publisher: Knopf; First Edition edition (February 25, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679729097
• ISBN-13: 978-0679729099
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,965,952 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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