Timothy Murphy is a major American poet who lives on the Great Plains. A fascinating and complicated man and a child of the northern prairie, he writes deceptively simple poetry. He studied with Robert Penn Warren at Yale, who passed him on to Richard Wilbur with a note saying, "Because he's the best man we've got." Murphy likens his poetry to the work of Robert Frost, and, like Frost, he prefers to work in rhyme. This double book, Mortal Stakes and Faint Thunder , is the first of several volumes of Murphy's poetry to be ...
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Timothy Murphy is a major American poet who lives on the Great Plains. A fascinating and complicated man and a child of the northern prairie, he writes deceptively simple poetry. He studied with Robert Penn Warren at Yale, who passed him on to Richard Wilbur with a note saying, "Because he's the best man we've got." Murphy likens his poetry to the work of Robert Frost, and, like Frost, he prefers to work in rhyme. This double book, Mortal Stakes and Faint Thunder , is the first of several volumes of Murphy's poetry to be published by the Dakota Institute Press.
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Add this copy of Mortal Stakes · Faint Thunder to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Eat My Words rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by The Dakota Institute.
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Near Fine. 0982559771. Binding tight. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Nice color plates before each of the two sections. Cover has only minor wear to edges, and otherwise fine.; 6 X 0.572 X 9 inches; 160 pages.
Add this copy of Mortal Stakes · Faint Thunder to cart. $31.51, very good condition, Sold by True Oak Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Highland, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by The Dakota Institute.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. -Book is in great overall condition. No writing or major blemishes. Minor wear.; -We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
Add this copy of Mortal Stakes Faint Thunder to cart. $33.00, very good condition, Sold by Edmonton Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Edmonton, AB, CANADA, published 2011 by The Dakota Institute.
Add this copy of Mortal Stakes · Faint Thunder to cart. $48.40, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by The Dakota Institute.
Add this copy of Mortal Stakes · Faint Thunder to cart. $70.18, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by The Dakota Institute.
