The Names of Things - New and Selected Poems (Paperback)

This volume gathers poems from Harrison's three published books, over two decades of poetry, and also includes a section of more recent poems. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jeffrey Harrison's poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic. Poetry. The Paris Review. The Yale Review. Poets of the New Century, and in many other magazines and anthologies. These well-made poems range from the celebratory to the grief-stricken, chronicling our difficult, recurring passage from innocence to experience. This volume gathers poems from Harrison's three published books, over two decades of poetry, and also includes a section of more recent poems.