About the Book

Sesame

Sesame

Jack Marshall (Author)
November 1993
Trade Paperback · 96 Pages
$11.95 U.S. · $14.50 CAN
ISBN 9781566890151
Coffee House Press
 

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Description

1994 National Book Critic's Circle Award for Poetry nominee and winner of the PEN Center USA/West Literary Award for Poetry, 1994. Marshall's … meticulously selected words hit their target dead center while readers are still caught up in the atmosphere he so beautifully paints.—Publishers Weekly¶Highly recommended.—Library Journal

About the Author

Born in 1936 to Jewish parents who emigrated from Iraq and Syria, Jack Marshall grew up in New York and lives in California. He is the author of the memoir From Baghdad to Brooklyn and several poetry collections that have received the PEN Center USA Award, two Northern California Book Awards, and a nomination from the National Book Critics Circle.