Prodigal: New and Selected Poems, 1976 to 2014

In her first book of collected work, prize-winning poet Linda Gregerson mines nearly forty years of poetry, bringing us a full range of her talents.

Ten new poems introduce Prodigal, followed by fifty poems, culled from Gregerson's five collections, that range broadly in subject from class in America to our world's ravaged environment to the wonders of parenthood to the intersection of science and art to the passion of the Roman gods, and beyond. This selection reinforces Gregerson's standing as "one of poetry's mavens . . . whose poetics seek truth through the precise apprehension of the beautiful while never denying the importance of rationality" (Chicago Tribune).

A brilliant stylist, known for her formal experiments as well as her perfected lines, Gregerson is a poet of great vision. Here, the growth of her art and the breadth of her interests offer a snapshot of a major poet's intellect in the midst of her career.

Author: Linda Gregerson
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 09/01/2015
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780544301672

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 12/09/2015 pg. 25
Publishers Weekly 08/17/2015
Booklist 09/01/2015 pg. 30
New Yorker (The) 08/31/2015 pg. 87
New York Times Book Review 12/27/2015 pg. 12
New York Times Book Review 01/03/2016 pg. 22

About the Author
LINDA GREGERSON's honors include a Guggenheim fellowship, four Pushcart Prizes, a Kingsley Tufts Award, and the selection of Magnetic North as a National Book Award finalist. Gregerson is a professor at the University of Michigan. Her poetry appears in the Atlantic, The New Yorker, Poetry, the Yale Review, and many other publications.