Works by New U.S. Poet Laureate Available at USC Libraries

The Library of Congress named W.S. Merwin the 2010-11 U.S. poet laureate today. For the author of over 30 books of poetry and prose, the appointment follows a career's worth of honors, including two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award.

Much of Merwin's work is available from the USC Libraries, including:

• The Lice (1967)
• The Carrier of Ladders (1970), winner of the Pulitzer Prize
• Migration: New & Selected Poems (2005), winner of the National Book Award
• The Shadow of Sirius (2009), winner of the Pulitzer Prize

You can find all of the libraries' Merwin holdings by searching HOMER.