James Schuyler’s The Morning of the Poem

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, paperback

Publication Date: April 1, 1981

Publisher Marketing: “The flowers, trees, birds, clouds, and effects of light that Schuyler describes with such élan, even if only glimpsed from the window of his apartment, could easily be transposed to the poetry written in Japan or Persia many centuries ago. Even more, his culture and learning, worn so lightly as almost to pass unnoticed, link his verse to other and larger traditions, as in this reflection on Baudelaire – clearly intended as an artistic credo of sorts …” – Open Letters Monthly

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