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Star Dust
First edition
AuthorFrank Bidart
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
PublishedMay 2005
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux

Star Dust is a collection of poetry by Frank Bidart, first published in book form by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2005. The book was a 2005 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.[1]

The book is split into two sections. The first section, Music Like Dirt, is a sequence of poems that became the first chapbook to ever be nominated for the Pulitzer Prize when it was originally published in 2002.[2] The second section includes The Third Hour of the Night, a dark and violent poem about Italian Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini. It is part of a project by Bidart that, so far, includes two similarly titled poems. Third Hour was first published in the October 2004 issue of Poetry, taking up almost the entire issue.[3][4]

Star Dust also includes notes on some poems by Bidart, and later editions also include an interview with the author conducted by Bookslut.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "2005 National Book Awards Winners and Finalists, The National Book Foundation". nationalbook.org. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  2. ^ "Star Dust | Frank Bidart | Macmillan". us.macmillan.com. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  3. ^ "Bookslut | An Interview with Frank Bidart". bookslut.com. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  4. ^ "The Third Hour of the Night by Frank Bidart : Poetry Magazine". poetryfoundation.org. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  5. ^ Bidart, F. (2006). Star Dust: Poems. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9780374530334. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
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