A collection of the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer's most personal and passionate works considers such themes as the meaning of being fully present in a human life, one's vulnerability to mortal and transcendent forces, and the human potential for being authentic.

"An indispensable volume of poems, selected from almost four decades of work, that tracks the evolution of one of our most renowned contemporary poets, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jorie Graham. Much awaited and long needed, From the New World--a sequence of poems from Jorie Graham's prior eleven books--offers more than a retrospect of this major poet's work. This selection, including several revised and new poems, creates a startlingly fresh trajectory...