Jean Valentine

Presents a collection of the author's established works in addition to new poems, which deal with such topics as death, aging, and the passage of time.

New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003

Door in the Mountain

Presents a collection of the author's works, which deal with such topics as grief, ordinary objects, illness, and memory.

Little Boat

Shirt in heaven

Break the Glass (Lannan Literary Selections)

Light Me Down

A collage of poetry touches on time, pilgrimage and human connection

New and Selected Poems

Home, Deep, Blue

Dream Barker and Other Poems, Etc

One of the most beloved and influential American poets, National Book Award Winner Jean Valentine published twelve full-length collections of poetry, and all of them--plus an entirely new, unpublished manuscript-- can be found in this masterful collection of her entire life's work. Ada Limon states, "The extraordinary poems of Jean Valentine have often existed in the between spaces, the caves, the secret rooms of the mind. They are gorgeous wonders and curiosities that bring us a new kind of light. The Collected Poems of Jean Valentine will no doubt serve as an essential handbook for anyone looking to lean into the knotty questions of human existence."

Light Me Down: The New & Collected Poems of Jean Valentine

Ordinary Things

Pilgrims (Classic Contemporary)

The Messenger

Dream Barker and Other Poems

"The poems ride lightly on the waves of thought, more textures than statements. The cradle of the real life is divided into two sections, the shorter first section dealing with loss and death and the longer second section, entitled 'Her lost book," which weaves memories with various metaphors for writing and deals specifically with the 'problem' of women's writing."--Cover.

The Cradle of the Real Life

Growing Darkness, Growing Light

"Jean Valentine has written a visionary book. If it is built with the brick and wood of this world, the light that pours through its windows is searing, healing."—Marie Howe

The River at Wolf

"[Valentine's] minimalist, elided style is like the quiet concentration of a bank robber trying to crack a safe." --Publishers Weekly

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