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Selected by William Stafford from among 1600 submissions by unpublished poets, THE HOCUS-POCUS OF THE UNIVERSE is the winner of the Walt Whitman Award sponsored by the Academy of American Poets.“The control pace, cumulative effect, frequent rockets of surprise in THE HOCUS-POCUS OF THE UNIVERSE make it a very appealing and admirable book. I like the sense of being accompanied page after page by the worthy company of an author who can have the audacity to rely on lines that are just right....”—William Stafford“I find the poems in Laura Gilpin’s first book quite beautiful. They are simultaneously pared-down, transparent and witty in the profoundest sense: yet are abundant with overtones. The poet’s stylistic poise is complemented by the down-to-earth subject- matter. Poems confronting such immediate issues as childhood, the family, the father, and later loves are enriched by a sense of enchantment surrounded by marvelous metaphorical haloes of meaning...a magical book indeed” —Michael BenediktLaura Gilpin was born in Wisconsin in1950 and grew up in Indiana. Shehas a B.A. degree from Sarah Lawrence College and an M.F.A. degree from Columbia School of the Arts. She lives in New York Ci

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Author

Laura Gilpin

Publisher

Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers

Published

1977

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385116008

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, American Poetry

Rating

4.1 / 5 (20 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13