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Voice of the Borderlands

by Drum Hadley

Hardcover, 368 pages, W W Norton & Co Inc, List Price: $29.95 |

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The lifetime work of a poet—who has lived and worked for forty years along the Mexico-New Mexico-Arizona border as a cowboy and rancher—is collected here and ranges from powerful lyrics to droll Western haiku.

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Awards and Recognition

Spur Award (2006)

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Poetry

Poet Drum Hadley: Back with 'Borderlands'

In the 1960s, poetry lovers were likely to see Drum Hadley in the company of Alan Ginsberg. Then he left for a Southwestern ranch. Now he's about to publish his first new book in more than 40 years.

Poet Drum Hadley: Back with 'Borderlands'

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