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William O'Daly

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William O’Daly was raised in the San Fernando Valley and as a late teen escaped the city on the backpacking trails of the southern Sierra Nevada. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, as an economics major but before the end of his freshman year began to study literature and write poetry. At UCSB he studied with poets Kenneth Rexroth, Alan Stephens, Fredrick Turner, and John Ridland, and with modernist critic Hugh Kenner; under friend and mentor Sam Hamill, he served as assistant editor of Spectrum magazine. In 1972 he left UCSB for Denver, Colorado, where he co-founded Copper Canyon Press. Upon returning to California, he studied with poet Philip Levine at CSU, Fresno, and there earned his B.A. He received his M.F.A. in ...more

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The Book of Questions

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The Sea and the Bells

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4.24 avg rating — 679 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions
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The Yellow Heart

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3.89 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 1974 — 12 editions
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Book of Twilight

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Winter Garden

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3.96 avg rating — 409 ratings — published 1974 — 14 editions
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The Separate Rose

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Still Another Day

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3.86 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions
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Water Ways

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The Road to Isla Negra

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Yarrow and Smoke

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