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
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 |
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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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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Poet
Education:
Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
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Houghton College | Houghton , NY | 1946 -1949 |
Career:
Position | Organization | Location | Date |
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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 |
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