All of Us

Description

**A rich collection of poems from not only “one of the great short story writers of our time” (** The Philadelphia Inquirer **), but one of America’s most large-hearted and affecting poets. ** Like Raymond Carver’s stories, the more than 300 poems in *All of Us* are marked by a keen attention to the physical world; an uncanny ability to compress vast feeling into discreet moments; a voice of conversational intimacy, and an unstinting sympathy. This complete edition brings together all the poems of Carver’s five previous books, from *Fires* to the posthumously published *No Heroics, Please.* It also contains bibliographical and textual notes on individual poems; a chronology of Carver’s life and work; and a moving introduction by Carver’s widow, the poet Tess Gallagher.