Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016

Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016 is a 2017 poetry collection by Frank Bidart. It was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on August 15, 2017. Half-light is a comprehensive book of Bidart's poetry, collecting all of his previous collections as well as a new volume, Thirst (2016).[1]

Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016
Cover of first edition
AuthorFrank Bidart
Audio read byFrank Bidart
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
August 15, 2017
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback), e-book, audiobook
Pages736
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Poetry (2018)
National Book Award for Poetry (2017)
ISBN978-0-374-12595-0 (hardcover)
OCLC1033476114
811/.54
LC ClassPS3552.I33 2017

The collection won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.[2] Judges of the prize called the book "a volume of unyielding ambition and remarkable scope that mixes long dramatic poems with short elliptical lyrics, building on classical mythology and reinventing forms of desires that defy societal norms."[3] The collection also won the 2017 National Book Award for Poetry.[4]

Contents
  • In the Western Night: Collected Poems 1965–90 (1990)
    • In the Western Night (1990)
    • The Sacrifice (1983)
    • The Book of the Body (1977)
    • Golden State (1973)
    • The First Hour of the Night (1990)
  • Desire (1997)
  • Star Dust (2005)
  • Watching the Spring Festival (2008)
  • Metaphysical Dog (2013)
  • Thirst (2016)

Reception

Publishers Weekly called it "an almost overwhelming bounty, a permanent book."[5]

Elizabeth Lund of The Washington Post called it a "monumental work" and praised Bidart's storytelling ability.[6]

Awards and recognition

Publication history
  • Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016 (hardcover). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. August 15, 2017. ISBN 978-0-374-12595-0. 736pp.
  • Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016 (paperback). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. August 21, 2018. ISBN 9780374537692. 736pp.
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References
  1. "Half-light". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  2. "2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners". www.pulitzer.org.
  3. "Frank Bidart Wins 2018 Pulitzer Prize". Poetry Foundation. April 16, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  4. "National Book Awards 2017". www.nationalbook.org.
  5. Teicher, Craig Morgan (July 17, 2017). "Fiction Book Review: Half-Light: Collected Poems, 1965–2016 by Frank Bidart". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  6. Lund, Elizabeth (August 15, 2017). "Frank Bidart, Mary Jo Salter and Mary Jo Bang: Poets on desire and politics". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
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