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	Advanced Search > ABOUT THE AUTHOR Charles Wright Charles Wright was born in Pickwick Dam, Tennessee, in 1935 and was educated at Davidson College and the University of Iowa. Chickamauga, his eleventh collection of poems, won the 1996 Lenore Marshall... More > FURTHER READING Related Prose Grounbreaking Book: Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich (1973) Audio Archive Notable Books Academy Exclusives Video Collection Priced Under $20 Gift Ideas New & Bestselling Adopt a Poet | Add to Notebook | E-mail to Friend | Print Charles Wright & Adrienne Rich CD   Price: $17.00 1997. Introduced by Philip Levine and Marilyn Hacker. This great pairing of two great poets took place on a night when each received a major prize in poetry, Rich the Wallace Stevens Award, and Wright the Lenore Marshall Prize. Both the prizes and the reading confirm what Philip Levine says in his introduction, "Both [of these poets] are national treasures." Wright reads from Chickamauga and his next book, Appalachia. Rich reads a selection of new work that includes the long poem "Calle Vision." Length: 82 min.
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