{"product_id":"collected-poems-9781780376516","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Stevenson's \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e draws on sixteen previous collections to showcase the work of this major American and British poet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in close observation of the world and acute psychological insight, her poems continually question how we see and think about the world. They are incisive as well as entertaining, marrying critical rigour with personal feeling, and a sharp wit with an original brand of serious humour. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer posthumously published \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is a remaking of Anne Stevenson's earlier \u003ci\u003ePoems 1955-2005 \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloodaxe Books, 2005), expanded to include poems from her final three books, \u003ci\u003eStone Milk\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eAstonishment\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eCompleting the Circle\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e (1933-2020) was a major American and British poet. As well as many poetry collections, she published a biography of Sylvia Plath (1989), two books of essays, \u003ci\u003eBetween the Iceberg and the Ship\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and \u003ci\u003eAbout Poems and how poems are not about\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloodaxe, 2017), and two critical studies of Elizabeth Bishop's work, most recently \u003ci\u003eFive Looks at Elizabeth Bishop\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloodaxe, 2006). Her \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloodaxe, 2023) supersedes \u003ci\u003ePoems 1955-2005\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), with the addition of poems from her final three collections, \u003ci\u003eStone Milk\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eAstonishment \u003c\/i\u003e(2012) and \u003ci\u003eCompleting the Circle \u003c\/i\u003e(2020).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727122731282,"sku":"9781780376516","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f972d9ad-37fb-47f1-8993-9bcc35f68dbb.jpg?v=1734893464","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-poems-9781780376516","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}