Pulitzer Prize Poetry Winner
Moy Sand and Gravel
by Paul Muldoon
Summary
Muldoon braids together memories of rural Ireland and his transplanted life in New Jersey, mixing the domestic with the historical. His verse is intricately rhymed and densely allusive, delighting in puns, etymologies, and the slipperiness of language itself. The collection reaffirms his place as one of the most inventive formalists working on either side of the Atlantic.
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Historical Context & Significance
Muldoon is a master of wordplay; his win was a celebration of the "Irish influence" on American poetry.