New and Selected Poems 1974-2004 (Penguin Poets)

The New York Times has called Carl Dennis’s poetry “wise, original, and deeply moving.” A poet with a growing audience of admirers, Dennis writes in a clear, classically simple language that is both personal and universal. Making use of a rich variety of genres—advice, meditation, elegy, and prophecy—his poems take unexpected turns as they explore their subjects, catching the reader off balance in a way that is liberating. This new anthology gathers the best of his eight previous books along with a generous sampling of new poems.

• Night School (Penguin Poets)
• Another Reason (Penguin Poets)
• Practical Gods (Penguin Poets)
• Callings (Penguin Poets)
• Poetry as Persuasion (The Life of Poetry: Poets on Their Art and Craft Ser.)
• Lighthead: Poems (Penguin Poets)
• Unknown Friends (Penguin Poets)
• Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016
• The Collected Poems (P.S.)
• Kindest Regards: New and Selected