{"product_id":"living-at-the-movies-9780140422900","title":"Living at the Movies","description":"From the Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally released in 1973, \u003ci\u003eLiving at the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e was the first aboveground publication of the work of Jim Carroll, a singer-songwriter \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e called \"contender for the title of rock's new poet laureate.\" In these poems, all written before the age of twenty-two, Carroll shows an uncanny virtuosity. His power and poisoned purity of vision are reminiscent of Arthur Rimbaud, and, like the strongest poets of the New York School, Carroll transforms the everyday details of city life into poetry. In language at once delicate, hallucinatory, and menacing, his major themes--love, friendship, the exquisite pains and pleasures of drugs, and above all, the ever-present city--emerge in an atmosphere where dream and reality mingle on equal terms. It is an astonishing debut by an important American writer and artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Jim Carroll has the sure confidence of a true artist. . . . He is steeped in his craft. He has worked as only a man of inspiration is capable of working. . . . His beginning is a triumph.\"--Gerard Malanga, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\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 09\/24\/1981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Poets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.2lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.05w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140422900","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713263079561,"sku":"9780140422900","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_7ae578b2-1beb-4ee9-834f-1e2302e6d9cc.jpg?v=1719607790","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/living-at-the-movies-9780140422900","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}