{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-mona-van-duyn-9780375709807","title":"Selected Poems of Mona Van Duyn","description":"This generous selection of Mona Van Duyn's distinguished, award-winning work spans four decades. Beginning with her classic \u003ci\u003eValentines to the Wide World\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), encompassing the intimate voice of \u003ci\u003eBedtime Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (1972) and the moving \u003ci\u003eLetters from a Father\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), crowned by the life-spanning \u003ci\u003eFirefall\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e reacquaints us with a poet whose ear is keenly tuned to the music of nature and human conversation. In lively and varied forms, from her minimalist sonnets to her magisterial longer pieces, Van Duyn captures a multiplicity of worlds within her world, in a tone inflected by both Midwestern pragmatism and a deep metaphysical intelligence. As she contemplates the act of reading in bed, a Rhenish sculpture in the Cloisters, or the loss of her mother, the poet goes beyond context to discover consciousness: an expression of the larger ideas and emotions--finally, the art--in the smallest details of our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mona Van Duyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.20w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375709807","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713653969033,"sku":"9780375709807","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_e5d44713-8357-4cbb-9526-10a231ce363e.jpg?v=1719618858","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/selected-poems-of-mona-van-duyn-9780375709807","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}