AT THE END OF THE OPEN ROAD - Poems by Louis Simpson

Sep 28, 2026

AT THE END OF THE OPEN ROAD is a poetry collection by Louis Simpson. It presents Simpson’s background as a Jamaican-born, WWII combat rifleman and educator in English at UC Berkeley, alongside his publication record in major literary magazines and receipt of notable awards. The volume is identified as his fourth collection of poems and includes works that previously appeared in various periodicals, with one Pulitzer Prize highlighted as recognition for the present volume.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages80

Reading Time2 h 3 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

In California

In the Suburbs

The Redwoods

There Is

Summer Morning

The Silent Lover

Birch

The Sea and the Forest

The Morning Light

The Cradle Trap

A Story about Chicken Soup

The Troika

New Lines for Cuscuscaraway and Mirza Murad Ali Beg

Moving the Walls

Marine—after Rimbaud

Frogs

My Father in the Night Commanding No

at theend oftheopenroadBoultinghouse $4.00 LOUIS SIMPSON, American citizen and combat riflemanin World War II,is a native ofJamaica,West Indies,and a graduateof Columbia,from which he holdsmaster's and doctor's degrees.Aftervaried experience in journalism,export-import,book-publishing,andforeign travel,he became an instructorin English.He is now associate professorat the University of California,Berkeley. Mr.Simpson's work is well known toreaders of modern poetry,for it hasappeared frequently in Hudson Review,Paris Review,The Sixties,The NewYorker,and other magazines,and inseveral anthologies.For his poetry hehas been awarded the Prix de Rome,a Hudson Review fellowship,the MillayAward,and a Guggenheim fellowship.The present volume is his fourthcollection of poems,followingThe Arrivistes,Good News of Death,and A Dream of Governors.His firstnovel,Riverside Drive,appeared in 1962. Mr.Simpson was awardedthe 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Poetryfor the present volume. WITHDRAWN AT THE END OF THE OPEN ROAD ATTHEENDOFTHEOPEN ROAD Aston Maroantz, POEMS Bx Louis Simpson WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESSMiddletown,Connecticut Copyright ◎1960,1961,1962,1963 by Louis Simpson Certain poems in this book have appeared in the following magazines,and the author acknowledges their permission to reprint:The HudsonReview,The Paris Review,The Noble Savage,Contact,The Sixties,Metamorphosis,Generation,The New Statesman,The AmericanScholar,The Quarterly Review,Epoch.The following poems originallyappeared in The New Yorker:"The Silent Lover”;"The Sea and theForest”(originally titled "Sailors”);"My Father in the Night Com-manding No”;"A Farm in Minnesota." The author is grateful to the John Simon Guggenheim MemorialFoundation for a grant which enabled him to finish this book. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number:63-17792Manufactured in the United States of AmericaFirst printing,September 1963;second printing,May 1964;third printing,October 1964 Ps3537一9 见全 “C x0g For Matthew,Anne,and Anthony 02555 CONTENTSIIn California11In the Suburbs12The Redwoods13There Is14IISummer Morning19The Silent Lover20Birch21The Sea and the Forest22The Morning Light23The Cradle Trap24A Story about Chicken Soup25The Troika27New Lines for Cuscuscaraway andMirza Murad Ali Beg29Moving the Walls30Marine—after Rimbaud35Frogs36My Father in the Night Commanding No37

FAQs

Who is the author of AT THE END OF THE OPEN ROAD?

The author is Louis Simpson.

Which publisher is associated with the volume?

The volume is published by Wesleyan University Press in Middletown, Connecticut.

What notable prize is mentioned for this collection?

The document states that Louis Simpson was awarded the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for the present volume.

Sep 28, 2026

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