Sleeping With One Eye Open

by Mark Strand

Limited edition of Mark Strand's first collection of poems.

Genres: Poetry

53 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1964

About the author

Mark Strand was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, essayist, and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990. He was a professor of English at Columbia University and also taught at numerous other colleges and universities.

Strand also wrote children's books and art criticism, helped edit several poetry anthologies and translated Spanish poet Rafael Alberti.

He is survived by a son, a daughter and a sister.

Reviews

[Edgar Trevizo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book. A bit short. We’d like for it to go on a couple of pages more, but that’s just because it is so delightful. And this one was his first… man, what lies ahead for me with Mr. Strand…!

[l · Rating 3 out of 5]

the thing about his poems is that they are so repetitive ... you have to dive in and hunt for one that particularly speaks to you but they are very, very similar.

[Michael Broomfield]

first book

[Jeremy · Rating 2 out of 5]

"When the Vacation Is Over for Good" / "Sleeping with One Eye Open" / "Dreams" / "Taking a Walk with You" / "Walking Around" / "In the Mountains"