{"product_id":"collected-poems-9780871406798","title":"Collected Poems","description":"Robert Hayden was one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century. He left behind an exquisite body of work, collected in this definitive edition, including \u003cem\u003eA Ballad of Remembrance\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWords in the Mourning Time\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Night-Blooming Cereus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAngle of Ascent\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAmerican Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, which was nominated for a National Book Award. Also included is an introduction by American poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, as well as an afterword by Arnold Rampersad that provides a critical and historical context. In Hayden's work the actualities of history and culture became the launching places for flights of imagination and intelligence. His voice--characterized by musical diction and an exquisite feeling for the formality of pattern--is a seminal one in American life and literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHayden, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Hayden\u003c\/strong\u003e received numerous awards including a Hopwood Award, the Grand Prize for Poetry at the First World Festival of Negro Arts, and the Russell Loines Award for distinguished poetic achievement from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlaysher, Frederick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eFrederick Glaysher\u003c\/strong\u003e studied writing under a private tutorial with Robert Hayden at the University of Michigan, from which he holds a bachelor's and a master's degree, the latter in English. The author and editor of several works, he edited Hayden's \u003cem\u003eCollected Prose\u003c\/em\u003e as well as the \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e. Robert Hayden is a character in Glaysher's recently published epic poem, \u003cem\u003eThe Parliament of Poets\u003c\/em\u003e, partly set on the moon, at the landing site of Apollo 11.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetts, Reginald Dwayne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eReginald Dwayne Betts\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet and essayist. He is the author of three volumes of poetry and one memoir. A graduate of Yale Law School, he lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his family.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612103151890,"sku":"9780871406798","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_06084dab-12f2-463a-adcf-28d14369fc5e.jpg?v=1732369521","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-poems-9780871406798","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}