{"product_id":"selected-poems-paperback-18","title":"Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntense verbal music with a jazz feeling; invention against the grain of expectation; intelligence racing among materials with the variety of a busy street--these have been the qualities of Robert Pinsky's work since his first book, \u003ci\u003eSadness and Happiness \u003c\/i\u003e(1975), celebrated for setting a new direction in American poetry. At that time, responding to a question about that book, Pinsky said: \"I would like to write a poetry which could contain every kind of thing, while keeping all the excitement of poetry.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat ambition was realized in a new way with each of his books, including the book-length personal monologue \u003ci\u003eAn Explanation of America\u003c\/i\u003e; the transformed autobiography of \u003ci\u003eHistory of My Heart\u003c\/i\u003e; the bestselling translation \u003ci\u003eThe Inferno of Dante\u003c\/i\u003e; and, most recently, the savage, inventive \u003ci\u003eGulf Music\u003c\/i\u003e. That variety and renewal are represented in this brilliantly chosen volume.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378336006367,"sku":"9780374533168","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/hibxW8SLe29780374533168.webp?v=1789254431","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/selected-poems-paperback-18","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}