Habitation: Collected Poems

Habitation collects the best poetry from a career spanning more than forty years by the distinguished northwest poet-editor-translator, Sam Hamill. Drawn from fifteen volumes of celebrated poetry, whether in brief haiku-like poems or long-ranging narratives, Habitation presents a lyrical voice is unique in American poetry today. Jim Harrison has declared, Hamill has reached the category of a National Treasure, and Hayden Carruth has written, [His] poetry is no less than essential.