{"product_id":"the-best-american-erotic-poems-from-1800-to-the-present-9781416537465","title":"The Best American Erotic Poems: From 1800 to the Present","description":"There is a deep tradition of eroticism in American poetry. Thoughtful, provocative, moving, and sometimes mirthful, the poems collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Erotic Poems\u003c\/i\u003e celebrate this exuberant sensuality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These poems range across the varied landscapes of love and sex and desire -- from the intimate parts of the body to the end of an affair, from passion to solitary self-pleasure. With candor and imagination, they capture the delights and torments of sex and sexuality, nudity, love, lust, and the secret life of fantasy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Lehman, the distinguished editor of the celebrated \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e series, has culled a witty, titillating, and alluring collection that starts with Francis Scott Key, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Hart Crane, encompasses Frank O'Hara, Anne Sexton, John Updike, Charles Simic, Billy Collins, Kevin Young, and Sharon Olds, and concludes with the rising stars of a whole new generation of versifiers, including Sarah Manguso, Ravi Shankar, and Brenda Shaughnessy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a section of the book that is sure to prompt discussion and further reading, the living poets write about their favorite works of erotic writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book will delight, surprise, and inspire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Lehman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 6.40w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416537465","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713239814281,"sku":"9781416537465","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_8ea67b11-56f9-4c45-be4e-01b6a373b8db.jpg?v=1719606768","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-best-american-erotic-poems-from-1800-to-the-present-9781416537465","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}