{"product_id":"new-and-selected-poems-1962-2012-9780063437395","title":"New and Selected Poems: 1962-2012","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It takes just one glimpse of Charles Simic's work to establish that he is a master, ruler of his own eccentric kingdom of jittery syntax and signature insight.\" -\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over fifty years, Charles Simic has been widely celebrated for his brilliant and innovative poetic imagery, his sardonic wit, and a voice all his own. He has been awarded nearly every major literary prize for his poetry, including a Pulitzer and a MacArthur grant, in addition to serving as the poet laureate of the United States in 2007 and 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new volume, he distills his life's work, combining for the first time the best of his early poems with his later works--including nearly three dozen revisions--along with seventeen new, never-before-published poems. Simic's body of work draws inspiration from a range of topics, from the inscrutability of ordinary life to American blues, from folktales to marriage and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsistently exciting and unexpected, the nearly four hundred poems in this volume represent the best of one of America's most distinguished and original poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Simic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063437395","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43028620902537,"sku":"9780063437395","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_8f2e7f88-8e52-4c66-973e-76c84a07c600.jpg?v=1728366543","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/new-and-selected-poems-1962-2012-9780063437395","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}