New & Selected Poems

by Al Álvarez

A. Alvarerz, author of the celebrated study of suicide, `The Savage God' and `Where Did It All Go Right,' had not published a new book of poetry since `Autumn to Autumn' in 1976. He hasn't been a prolific poet, but as one critic wrote, ""though slight indeed in volume, [his verse] is rich in its economy."" To the poems that appeared in the earlier collection, this collection adds nine new poems, and almost all of them are preoccupied with love alone-the love of a man for a woman and the love of a human being for the natural world. Alvarez's poetry has been unavailable for too long and this collection helps to correct that.

80 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

Alfred Alvarez was an English poet, novelist, essayist and critic who published under the name A. Alvarez and Al Alvarez.