The Wild Card: Selected Poems, Early and Late

By Karl Shapiro

Book Overview

Karl Shapiro, who won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1945, is an American poetic treasure and an acknowledged master of lyrical poetry whose subjects have ranged from commonplace occurrences to biting political commentary. To read Shapiro's work as it unfolds in The Wild Card will be to grasp the depth and breadth of a great poet's career and the many sides of his nature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252066898
• ISBN13: 9780252066894
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"