In the Crevice of Time: New and Collected Poems

Collected poetry from the 1995 National Book Award finalist.

Winner of the Frost Medal, the Poets' Prize, and the William Carlos Williams Award of the Poetry Society of America

Josephine Jacobsen's distinguished career as poet and writer spans more than six decades, from the publication of her first poem at age eleven to her 1994 American Academy of the Arts Citation, which celebrated her as a recipient of almost every major poetry award. From 1971 to 1973 she served two terms as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a post recently retitled National Poet Laureate. Now in paperback, In the Crevice of Time brings together 176 new and previously published poems by one of the most accomplished and most widely acclaimed poets of our time.

Author: Josephine Jacobsen
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 06/08/2000
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.85h x 5.82w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780801863394

About the Author

Josephine Jacobsen has published seven books of poetry, two of criticism, and three collections of short fiction. Her many awards include a 1994 Academy of the Arts citation; a 1995 nomination as a National Book Award finalist; the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; a fellowship from the Academy of American Poets for service to poetry; and the selection of On the Island: Short Stories as one of the five nominees for the PEN-Faulkner fiction award. Other honors include a recent award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and eight inclusions of her stories in the O. Henry Prize Stories.

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