Collected Poems by Jack Gilbert

Jack Gilbert (February 18, 1925 – November 13, 2012) was an American poet. Born and raised in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania neighborhood of East Liberty, he attended Peabody High School before failing out. Gilbert then worked as a door-to-door salesman, an exterminator, and a steelworker. Due to a clerical error, he was admitted to the University of Pittsburgh and graduated in 1954. During these college years he and his classmate Gerald Stern developed a serious interest in poetry and writing. Later, he received his master's degree from San Francisco State University in 1963.

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Collected Poems Hardcover 1264526 $123.00 $31.01 2012
Collected Poems by Gilbert Jack (2012-03-13) Hardcover Hardcover 1778893 $53.56 $30.05
Collected Poems Kindle Edition 472889 2012
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Collected Poems of Jack Gilbert Paperback 129686 $19.21 $17.24 2014