Description

University of Illinois, paperback

Publication Date:May 25, 1999

Publisher Marketing:David Wagoner has won the acclaim of his peers and been compared with some of the most gifted poets in the English language: Emily Dickinson, James Wright, Robert Frost, Theodore Roethke. TheAntioch Reviewhas ascribed to him a”profoundly earthbound sanity,” whilePublishers Weeklycredits him with a “plainspoken formal virtuosity” and a “consistent, pragmatic clarity of perception.” His collections have garneredPoetry’sLevinson and Union League Prizes, the Ruth Lilly Prize, and nominations for the American Book Award and the National Book Award. For his most recent collection,Walt Whitman Bathing, Wagoner was honored with the Ohioana Book Award in the category of poetry.

Witty, eloquent, and insightful,Traveling Lightoffers new and familiar treasures from a master observer of both the natural and the human worlds. In a style by turns direct and intricate, Wagoner distills the essential emotions from people’s encounters with each other, with nature, and with themselves. Through his compassionate but unblinking eyes, we see ourselves and the world that surrounds us more sharply delineated.