Habitation: Collected Poems

<i>Habitation </i>collects the best poetry from a career spanning more than forty years by the distinguished northwest poet-editor-translator, Sam Hamill. Drawn from fifteen volumes of celebrated poetry, whether in brief haiku-like poems or long-ranging narratives, <i>Habitation </i>presents a lyrical voice is unique in American poetry today. Jim Harrison has declared, &quot;Hamill has reached the category of a National Treasure,&quot; and Hayden Carruth has written, &quot;[His] poetry is no less than essential.&quot;