Black Lab: Poems

In a new cycle of poetry geared to the seasonal changes of the Midwest, the author of At the White Window explores a variety of exterior and interior landscapes, reflecting on the deaths of his father and wife, the wisdom of the Chinese masters, a nighttime winter walk with his dog, and the first dafodils of spring. Reprint.

David Young is the author of nine previous books of poetry, including At the White Window (2000) andThe Planet on the Desk: Selected and New Poems (1991). He is a well-known translator of the Chinese poets, and more recently of the poems of Petrarch and Eugenio Montale. A past winner of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships as well as a Pushcart Prize, Young is the Longman Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing at Oberlin College and an editor of the prestigious Field Poetry Series at Oberlin College Press.
From the Hardcover edition.