Book of the Week #42

The Voice at 3:00 a.m.: Selected Late & New Poems by Charles Simic (Harcourt, 2003)

This volume from the current U. S. Poet Laureate provides a good selection of his recent work. Simic begins his official duties as Poet Laureate this week when he opens the Library of Congress’s annual literary series on October 18 with a reading of his work.