"Lisel Mueller's poems are deeply felt and give pleasure because of their truth conveyed in sensuous terms. I found myself earmarking numbers of poems because they were compelling, satisfying, each a thing in itself."--Richard Eberhart The forty-three poems in this award winning collection by Lisel Mueller are written with a sense of history, an awareness of the inescapable changes taking place in our century and the effect on how we see our lives. Each of the poems speaks from a separate moment of experience. Each of ...
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"Lisel Mueller's poems are deeply felt and give pleasure because of their truth conveyed in sensuous terms. I found myself earmarking numbers of poems because they were compelling, satisfying, each a thing in itself."--Richard Eberhart The forty-three poems in this award winning collection by Lisel Mueller are written with a sense of history, an awareness of the inescapable changes taking place in our century and the effect on how we see our lives. Each of the poems speaks from a separate moment of experience. Each of them in its own way, celebrates the autonomy of the self, the mysteries of intimacy, growth, and feeling, and the struggle against what one writer has called the "ongoing assault from without to be something palpable and identifiable."
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Add this copy of The Private Life: Poems / By Lisel Mueller to cart. $61.00, like new condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1976 by Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
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Physical description: 64p.; 23cm. Subjects: Poetry in English--American writers. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
Add this copy of The Private Life: Poems to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Louisiana State University Press,.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0807101826. The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1975 with card laid in. First edition. Foxing on top edge, else very good in a very good dust jacket.
Add this copy of The Private Life: Poems (Louisiana Paperbacks; L-73) to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by LSU Press.
Add this copy of The Private Life: Poems (Louisiana Paperbacks; L-73) to cart. $27.50, very good condition, Sold by Chaparral Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by LSU Press.
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Very Good. Size: 5x0x9; Cover differs from stock image; its color is brown. Medium wear to edges of spine, but otherwise book is clean and firmly bound with sharp corners.
Add this copy of The Private Life: Poems to cart. $34.57, fair condition, Sold by Ezekial Books, LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manchester, NH, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Louisiana State Univ Pr.
Add this copy of The Private Life to cart. $37.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Louisiana State University Press.
Add this copy of The Private Life to cart. $37.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Louisiana State University Press.
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Very Good. First edition. Printed wrappers. Foxing to the first few pages including the title page and to the last page, foxing to the edges, sunning to the spine, and light wear to the wrappers, a good or better copy. Poet's second book and The 1975 Lamont Poetry Selection.
Add this copy of The Private Life to cart. $37.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Louisiana State University Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Topedge lightly foxed, near fine in a slightly spine-tanned very good dust jacket with light, uneven fading to the rear panel and modest edgewear. Lamont Poetry Selection announcement laid in. Poet's second book and The 1975 Lamont Poetry Selection.
Add this copy of The Private Life to cart. $69.50, like new condition, Sold by Charles Agvent, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fleetwood, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Louisiana State University.
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Fine in a Fine dustwrapper with one tiny nick. Poet's second book, winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize. Mueller would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award.
Add this copy of The Private Life. Poems to cart. $82.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Louisiana State University Press.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Fine copy in lightly rubbed, near fine dustwrapper with a short tear. Lamont Poetry Selection announcement laid in. The 1975 Lamont Poetry Selection.
