Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

US Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin was arguably the most influential American poet of the last half-century - an artist who transfigured and reinvigorated the vision

Presents a collection of poems reflecting the author's life.

In luscious and purposeful language, W.S. Merwin s new poems examine our essential relationships with the natural world."

Beneath the outward appearance of legitimate government and accountable officials there lurk hidden agendas, shadowy personalities and special interest groups s