Verse
By John Updike
1965
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This special Crest ediction of VERSE represents the first appearance of John Updike's collected poetry in a single volume, and contains the complete poems from two volumes originally published as "The Carpentered Hen" and "Telephone Poles." A collection of John Updike poetry, this book is a great companion for the poetry enthusiast. Long before he won the 1964 National Book Award for "The Centaur" and critics were hailing him as "the most gifted writer of his generation" for his earlier novels and short stories, he created these timeless literature included in this book, the "Verse."
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Author
John Updike
Author · 79 books
John Hoyer Updike was an American writer. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest; and Rabbit Remembered). Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest both won Pulitzer Prizes for Updike. Describing his subject as "the American small town, Protestant middle class," Updike is well known for his careful craftsmanship and prolific writing, having published 22 novels and more than a dozen short story collections as well as poetry, literary criticism and children's books. Hundreds of his stories, reviews, and poems have appeared in The New Yorker since the 1950s. His works often explore sex, faith, and death, and their inter-relationships. He died of lung cancer at age 76.
