Bibliograph

Pleasure dome, new and collected poems, Yusef Komunyakaa

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Pleasure dome, new and collected poems, Yusef Komunyakaa

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

Pleasure dome

Oclc number

44518171

Responsibility statement

Yusef Komunyakaa

Sub title

new and collected poems

Summary

Best known for Neon Vernacular, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1994, and for Dien Cai Dau, a collection of poems chronicling his experiences as a journalist in Vietnam, Yusef Komunyakaa has become one of America's most compelling poets. Pleasure Dome gathers over twenty-five years of work, including early uncollected poems and a rich selection of new poems

Table Of Contents

New poems -- Early uncollected -- Dedications & other darkhorses -- Lost in the bonewheel factory -- Copacetic -- Toys in the field -- I apologize for the eyes in my head -- Dien cai Dau -- February in Sydney -- Magic city -- Neon vernacular -- Thieves of paradise

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