Singer Come from Afar, by Kim Stafford, offers poems that challenge, sustain, and forgive.

A prolific writer, famous pacifist, respected teacher, and literary mentor to many, William Stafford is one of the great American poets of the 20th century. His

Two respected American poets have created a sequence of "verse letters" to each other, each one suggesting the material for the next. Stafford and Bell decided

"Included in the book are a selection of Stafford's poetry on the subject of writing, and an essay on the origins and influences of his art."--Page 4 of cover.