George Oppen: Selected Poems Instructions for the Lovers who died in her mother’s

who died in her mother’s arms just a few hours after she was born

dat laatste

(Hilda Doolittle)

and makes visible the hidden labors of care and place

'This book bears deep look’s all but immediate immersion in deep song

George Oppen: Selected Poems Instructions for the Lovers who died in her mother’sGeorge Oppen A selection of innovative poems by the groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize winner. The Selected Poems is a unique selection of Oppen's work from the seven books he published during his lifetime. Edited by one of our most respected contemporary poets, Robert Creeley, who provides an informative introduction, George Oppen's Selected Poems includes Oppen's only known essay, "A Mind's Own Place," as well as "Twenty Six Fragments" which Oppen wrote