Donald A. Hall Jr.

Born: 09/20/1928   New Haven
Parents: Donald Andrew (a business man) and Lucy Hall
Spouse: Kirby Thompson (1st) and Jane Kenyon (2nd)
Children: Andrew, Philippa
Address(es):
Permanent :
Eagle Pond Farm
Danbury , NH 03230
Contact Information:
Website : https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/donald-hall
Website : http://www.webofstories.com/play/donald.hall/1

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Essays After Eighty Non Fiction Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
Christmas at Eagle Pond
- Donald Hall, drawing on his own childhood memories to create an instant-classic Christmas story, gives himself the thing he most wanted but didn't get as a boy: a Christmas at Eagle Pond.
Historical Fiction Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
he back chamber : poems Poetry Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011
Unpacking the boxes : a memoir of a life in poetry Non Fiction , Biography , Poetry Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin 2008
Eagle Pond. Seasons at Eagle Pond; Here at Eagle Pond; Daylilies on the hill; News from Eagle Pond / Donald Hall
- A collection of writings by America's poet laureate includes his essays on Eagle Pond Farm, including his observations on rural life in New Hampshire, the poem "Daylilies on the Hill," and several previously uncollected pieces.
Non Fiction , Biography , Poetry Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin 2007
White Apples and the Taste of Stone : Poems, 1946-2006 Poetry Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co 2006
The best day the worst day : life with Jane Kenyon Biography , Poetry Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin 2005
Painted Bed
- A collection of poems explores the themes of love, death, and mourning, revisiting the author's childhood home and exploring his acceptance of a new life in old age.
Poetry Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin 2002
Winter poems from Eagle Pond Poetry Adult , Children San Antonio, TX : Wings Press 1999
Without : poems
- Written after Jane Kenyon died
Poetry Adult Boston, [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Co. 1998
The Milkman's Boy
- Tells the story of the Graves Family Dairy, whose three horses pulled the wagons delivering milk to families in the years before trucks and shopping centers replaced them.
Historical Fiction , Picture Book Children New York : Walker and Co. 1997
Old Home Day
- The story of the growth of a New Hampshire village from pre-history to the bicentennial celebration of its founding.
Historical Fiction , Picture Book Children San Diego : Browndeer Press 1996
The Old Life Poetry Adult Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1996
When Willard Met Babe Ruth Fiction , Biography Children San Diego : Browndeer Press 1996
Lucy's Summer Historical Fiction , Picture Book Children San Diego : Harcourt Brace 1995
I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat Fiction , Picture Book Children New York : Dial Books 1994
Lucy's Christmas Historical Fiction Children San Diego : Browndeer Press 1994
The Farm Summer 1942 Historical Fiction , Picture Book Children New York : Dial Books 1994
Here at Eagle Pond Non Fiction , Biography Adult New York : Ticknor & Fields 1990
The Happy Man : poems Poetry Adult New York : Random House 1987
The Ideal Bakery : stories Fiction , Short Stories Adult San Francisco : North Point Press 1987
The Man Who Lived Alone
- A man who had been unhappy as a child finds after he has grown up that he is happy living alone in his cabin in the New England woods.
Fiction Children Boston, Mass. : D.R. Godine 1984
Ragged Mountain Elegies Drama Adult Produced in Peterborough, NH 1983
Ox-Cart Man
- pictures by Barbara Cooney. Caldecott Award 1980
Historical Fiction , Picture Book Children New York : Viking Press 1979
Goatfoot Milktongue Twinbird ; Interviews, Esays, and Notes on Poetry, 1970-1976 Poetry Adult Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press 1978
Riddle Rat Fiction Children New York : F. Warne 1977
Bread and Roses Drama Produced in Ann Arbor, MI 1975
The Town of Hill Poetry Adult Boston : D. R. Godine 1975
The Yellow Room : Love Poems Poetry Adult New York : Harper & Row 1971
An Evening's Frost Drama Adult First produced in Ann Arbor, MI; produced off-Broadway 1965
A Roof of Tiger Lilies Poetry Adult New York : Viking Press 1964
Andrew and the Lion Farmer Fiction , Picture Book Children New York, E.M. Hale 1959
The Dark Houses Poetry Adult New York, Viking Press 1958
Exiles and Marriages Poetry Adult New York, Viking Press 1955

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Skills:
Author
Poet

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Houghton College Houghton , NY 1946 -1949

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Graduate Writing Seminars, Poet in Residence Bennington College Bennington 1993
Freelance Writer 1975
Host Poets Talking (Television interview series) 1974 -1975
Broadcaster on Radio Programs British Broadcasting Corporation 1959 -1980
Assistant Professor, Professor of English University of Michigan Ann Arbor 1957 -1975
Junior fellow in Society of Fellows Harvard University Cambridge 1954 -1957
Poetry Readings at colleges, universities, schools and community centers

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