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"This is a fine book, self-effacing and life-affirming, humble before the world and masterful in its artistry". -- Ted Kooser

Culled from over 25 years of writing, Robert Hedin's New & Selected Poetry collection gathers together his own fine poems and his translations from the Norwegian poet Rolf Jacobsen. With an elegant and image-rich lyricism, Hedin's precise poems attain an astonishing emotional range and clarity of observation. Whether grounded in the author's native Midwestern soil or traveling the world, these spare but powerful poems reveal the gifts of a contemporary master.