Crossing to Sunlight: Selected Poems

by Paul Zimmer

A collection of more than one hundred poems, Crossing to Sunlight offers both a retrospective and current look at the work of Paul Zimmer. Ranging across thirty-five years, the volume begins with Zimmer's early, more structured and traditional writing, moves through the autobiographical poems of his middle years and the creation of his buoyant persona, "Zimmer," and concludes with a generous selection of his mature, new work with its emphasis on durable basic themes.

Genres: Poetry

166 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1996

Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Zimmer is my favorite poet of all time. I liked most of the twenty new poems less than his usual work, which makes up the rest of the book. The only thing better than reading Zimmer is having him read it to you and I did attend one of his readings years back. There are few things that I've enjoyed more.

[Mills College Library]

811.54 Z722c 1996