{"product_id":"fear-of-dreaming-the-selected-poems-9780140586954","title":"Fear of Dreaming: The Selected Poems","description":"Carroll, a diarist and rock performer, is best known for his coming-of-age memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, which became an instant classic when it was first published in 1978 and then a national bestseller when a film version of the book was released in 1995. Carroll initially made his reputation as a poet, and has won acclaim and comparisons to everyone from Rimbaud to Frank O'Hara for his delicate yet hallucinatory imagery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume of poetry collects selections from Jim Carroll's \u003ci\u003eLiving at the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published in 1973 when he was twenty-two, and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Nods\u003c\/i\u003e, released in 1986. \u003ci\u003eFear of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDreaming \u003c\/i\u003ealso includes pieces previously unpublished in book form, including \"Curtis's Charm,\" a vignette set in New York City's Central Park about a man convinced he is a victim of black magic, and poetic tributes to Robert Mapplethorpe and Ted Berrigan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"His poems' urgent, obsessive metaphors pose tensely against their cool, streetwise surface voice, charging them with an electricity that's at once disturbing, sexual, religious, and psychological.\"--Tom Clark, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Carroll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Poets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.48w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140586954","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439343603849,"sku":"9780140586954","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_6b1e1c6f-969f-4599-ade2-e48082ae9081.jpg?v=1716271953","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/fear-of-dreaming-the-selected-poems-9780140586954","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}