Shells

Craig Arnold • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300079104

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Shells

Craig Arnold • Yale University Press

ISBN-10: 0300079109 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300079104 · 1999

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Dimensions: 12.7 × 21.6 × 0.4 in

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Selected as the winner of the 1998 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, Craig Arnold’s Shells presents a collection of verse marked by formal precision and lyrical intensity. The poems navigate the complexities of human experience through a lens of natural observation, blending intimate reflection with a rigorous engagement with language and structure.

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Publisher: Yale University Press
1999
Pages: 79Language: EnglishPrinted in: United States

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24 live copies of this book from $5.16 (as of 2026-09-08).

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Author: Craig Arnold

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Inferred: American PoetryInferred: Contemporary PoetryInferred: Literary CriticismInferred: Lyrical VerseInferred: Nature PoetryInferred: New FormalismInferred: Literary DebutInferred: Formal PoetryInferred: Poetic Structure

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Influences: W.H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop

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