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JAMES WRIGHT (1927-1980) won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1972 for his Collected Poems, published by Wesleyan. ANNE WRIGHT is a retired teacher in the field of early childhood education, and James Wright's widow. SAUNDRA ROSE MALEY is the author of Solitary Apprenticeship: James Wright and German Poetry. She teaches at Montgomery College and Catholic University.
"The compilation is beautifully executed, a treat for scholars and
lay readers alike. Wright emerges from his own pages, relentlessly
hardworking, perennially eager to learn, generous in his praise, at
once plagued by his depressions and alive to the
possibility."--Judith Kitchen, The Georgia Review
"The compilation is beautifully executed, a treat for scholars and
lay readers alike. Wright emerges from his own pages, relentlessly
hardworking, perennially eager to learn, generous in his praise, at
once plagued by his depressions and alive to the
possibility."--Judith Kitchen, The Georgia Review
"His own harshest critic, Wright famously 'cracked the iambic
shell' of tradition, but he also defended traditional poets His
letters constitute an eloquent defense of poetry as a spiritual
discipline."--Tom D'Evelyn, The Providence Journal
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