Shroud of the Gnome

Name: Shroud of the Gnome
Author: James Tate

by James Tate

Poems balancing obscurity, whimsy, philosophical depth, and linguistic play

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James Tate

American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for Selected Poems and the National Book Award for Worshipful Company of Fletchers. His surrealist humor and absurdist narratives made him one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary poetry.

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