In the Western Night Collected Poems, 1965-1990 [Paperback]

In the Western Nightbrings together in one volume all of the poems to date, including many previously unpublished poems, of one of the most exciting and gifted poets writing today.

In the Western Night establishes Frank Bidart's place among this century's most emotionally articular poets. His fine earlier books, published between 1973 and 1983, are here, surroudned by a selection of equally impressive newer pieces. Taken together, they constitute a hauntingly raw voice that finds itself through an exhilarating array of prosodic techniques. More than most of his post-confessional contemporaries, Bidart is unafraid of passion, and willing to harness his passion to words and structures...His voice, and the voices in his dramatic monologues, are unrelentingly curious and honest; and yet they inevitably back up against the greatest of mysteries. Matthew Gilbert, The Boston Globe

In the supreme poems, Bidart's spiritual force makes me...yield to the authority of the voice. Ellen West is a heartbreaking act of sympathy. Denis Donoghue, The New Republic

Achieves a grandeur of vision few poets nowadays can match. Alan Shapiro, Chicago Tribune

Frank Bidart's collections of poetry includeStar Dust(FSG, 2005),Desire(FSG, 1997), andIn the Western Night: Collected Poems 196590(FSG, 1990). He has won many prizes, including the 2007 Bollingen Prize in American Poetry.