{"product_id":"yellow-shoe-poets-selected-poems-1964-1999-9780807124512","title":"Yellow Shoe Poets: Selected Poems, 1964-1999","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince 1964, when Louisiana State University Press published its inaugural book of verse (Miller Williams's A Circle of Stone), its poetry list has grown exponentially--191 books by 93 poets--into a program that inspires understandable pride in those associated with it. Two collections have won the Pulitzer Prize--\u003ci\u003eThe Flying Change\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), by Henry Taylor, and \u003ci\u003eAlive Together\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), by Lisel Mueller. Another book by Mueller, \u003ci\u003eThe Need to Hold Still\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), won the National Book Award, while several other LSU titles have been finalists for that distinction, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Fields of Praise\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), by Marilyn Nelson, and \u003ci\u003eThe Vigil\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), by Margaret Gibson. Dozens more have been recognized for their excellence through a host of various honors. The Press publishes the winner of the annual Walt Whitman Award, given by The Academy of American Poets for a first collection; and in 1996 it launched the Southern Messenger series in collaboration with Dave Smith, bringing two shining works into the fold each year. The appearance of \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren\u003c\/i\u003e in 1998 meant for the Press the realization of a long, dearly held dream. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo mark this thirty-five-year-old tradition as the century and millennium turn, and to offer a sampling of its richness, \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Shoe Poets, \u003c\/i\u003e a retrospective anthology, was compiled under the editorship of George Garrett, a longtime colleague of the Press and the author of eight poetry volumes. (Say \"the LSU poets\" real fast with a southern drawl and you get the ridiculously wonderful moniker that poet Elizabeth Seydel Morgan's young friend innocently mistook for this noble band. It's an image Brendan Galvin has appropriated to a perfect fit in his poem \"Yellow Shoe Poet,\" written on behalf of his fellow \"yellow shoes\" across the years.) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll 173 poems are taken from LSU Press books and were selected by the poets themselves, if living. Arranged alphabetically by author, they consist of at least one poem from every poet published by the Press. Goethe's admonition that \"one ought every day at least, to read a good poem\" can find no better starting point than in \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Shoe Poets.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Garrett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.00w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807124512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/1999 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Garrett\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or editor of more than forty books, including the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eDays of Our Lives Lie in Fragments: New and Old Poems, 1957-1997.\u003c\/i\u003e He has won numerous awards, among them the Rome Prize of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the T.S. Eliot Award, and the PEN\/Malamud Award for Short Fiction. He is Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40161538375795,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_582cf6d6-db07-4a44-9f77-22fbefc7966f.jpg?v=1654954691","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/yellow-shoe-poets-selected-poems-1964-1999-9780807124512","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}