Marilyn Hacker

First Cities

Collected Early Poems 1960-1979

The first three books of one of our best poets, including her National Book Award-winning volume Presentation Piece, plus Separations and Taking Notice.

"The wonder of Marilyn Hacker's poems...is that she insists upon the rawness of experience and the metamorphosis of form with equal fervor and makes them both speak with the same voice. The result, again and again, is a poem of intense intimacy, beauty and authority."—W. S. Merwin

Marilyn Hacker's honors include a National Book Award. She lives in Paris and New York, where she teaches at City College of New York.

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Squares and Courtyards

May 2003 / paperback / ISBN 0-393-32432-X / 6" x 8" / 336 pages / Poetry