As If: Poems New and Selected by Ciardi, John - 1955-01-01

Rutgers University Press, 1955-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/None. No marks inside or out. Clean hardcover in gray linen look paper and red half cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Lacking the dustjacket. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1955. 143 pages. - From Wikipedia: "John Anthony Ciardi (1916–1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet, he also translated Dante's Divine Comedy, wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, and directed the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont. In 1959, Ciardi published a book on how to read, write, and teach poetry, "How Does a Poem Mean?", which has proven to be among the most-used books of its kind. At the peak of his popularity in the early 1960s, Ciardi also had a network television program on CBS, "Accent". Ciardi's impact on poetry is perhaps best measured through the younger poets whom he influenced as a teacher and as editor of the Saturday Review." - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.