The House on Boulevard St.

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The House on Boulevard St.: New and Selected Poems by David Kirby is a book of poetry by David Kirby, published by Louisiana State University Press.

Contents

It has some poems newly released and some poems previously released. [1]

The book cover has a piece of artwork depicting Kirby, described by Carol Muske-Dukes of The New York Times as "a Roy Lichtenstein-style cartoon". [2]

Ray Olson, in Booklist , wrote that the poems in this collection are "relatively long-lined paragraphs" compared to poems released in earlier collections. [3]

Reception

Mark Hinson of the Tallahassee Democrat wrote that the book "has gotten rave reviews". [4]

Steve Kowit of the San Diego Union-Tribune wrote that the works are "captivating and full of heart", and that the collection demonstrates "how lively and personable American poetry can be". [5]

In 2007, Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly ranked this book as one of the "5 Reasons to Live". [4] [6]

For the poetry category of the National Book Award in 2007, the book received a nomination. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pearl, Nancy (2007-05-08). "Under the Radar: Books Not to Miss". National Public Radio . Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  2. ↑ Muske-Dukes, Carol (2007-04-29). "Good Golly". The New York Times . Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  3. ↑ Olson, Ray. "The House on Boulevard St: New and Selected Poems". Booklist . Retrieved 2025-05-27– via Wikipedia Library. - See at EBSCOhost.
  4. 1 2 Hinson, Mark (2007-09-02). "The omnivorous poet". Tallahassee Democrat . pp.  1D-2D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Kowit, Steve. "Delectable amazements: Wislawa Szymborska and David Kirby". San Diego Union-Tribune . p. E-5 – via NewsBank.
  6. ↑ Tucker, Ken. "5 Reasons To Live Great Interpretations". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  7. ↑ Wiebe, Crystal K. (2009-02-19). "Cool Kirby". The Pitch . Retrieved 2025-05-27.
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