James Tate Poetry

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James Tate was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1943. He is the author of twelve collections of poetry including his first volume, The Lost Pilot, which was selected for the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award in 1967, The Oblivion Ha Ha (1970), Hints to Pilgrims (1971), Absences (1972), Viper Jazz (1976), Riven Doggeries (1979), Constant Defender (1983), Reckoner (1986) and Distance From Loved Ones (1990).

In 1992, Tate was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the William Carlos... about James Tate

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By Sally Stevens 06 Apr, 2009
James Tate has recently become my favorite poet, after being introduced to his writing at one of the Iowa Summer Writers Workshops - my mind seems to work in a similar fashion to his, though not nearly so brilliantly...(but perhaps someday, if I stay at it.) So original, that to aspire to be "like" him is almost rude.