2000, ISBN: 1555973086

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[SC: 35.43], [PU: Saint Paul, Minn.: Graywolf Press, 2000], Kenyon, Jane. A hundred white daffodils: essays, the Akhmatov translations, newspaper columns, notes, interviews, and one poem.… More...

[SC: 35.43], [PU: Saint Paul, Minn.: Graywolf Press, 2000], Kenyon, Jane. A hundred white daffodils: essays, the Akhmatov translations, newspaper columns, notes, interviews, and one poem. Saint Paul, Minn.: Graywolf Press, 2000, stated First paperback printing, and 1st printing number line, xii, 226pp., PAPERBACK, very good, slight wear to corners. In this enlightening and typically endearing collection of prose and poetry, the late author of five highly regarded books of verse reflects on her writing life, growing spirituality, passionate hobbies, and ultimately fatal struggle with leukemia. Kenyon is one of the most beloved poets on the contemporary American scene; this book shows us why and how this came to be. - CONTENTS: Introduction / Donald Hall -- Part 1: Twenty Poems Of Anna Akhmatova -- Part 2: Gardens, The Church, And A Mountain -- Good-by and keep cold -- Moment of peonies -- Phantom pruner -- Notes of a novice hiker -- South Danbury church fair -- Childhood, when you are in it -- Gabriel's truth -- Part 3: Talking To Neighbors -- Edna Powers -- Estonia and New Hampshire -- Mailbox -- Season of change and loss -- Every year the light -- Five-and-dime -- Gardner of the true vine -- Summer comes alive -- Physics of long sticks -- Honey wagon -- Bulbs planted in the fall -- Day to loaf -- Garden of my dreams -- Mud will dry -- Shadows -- Dreams of math -- Snakes in this grass? -- Reflections on a roadside warning -- Poetry and the mail -- Part 4: Notes On Literature And The Arts -- Kicking the eggs -- Proposal for New Hampshire writers -- Thoughts on the gifts of art -- Notes for a lecture: Everything I know about writing poetry -- Part 5: Interviews -- Interview with Bill Moyers -- Interview with David Bradt -- Interview with Marian Blue -- Part 6: Poem -- Woman, why are you weeping? -- Bibliography / Jack Kelleher. 9781555973087 ISBN 1555973086<