{"product_id":"archaic-smile-poems-paperback","title":"Archaic Smile: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. E. Stallings\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of A. E. Stallings's first book of poems, which was awarded the Richard Wilbur Award. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eArchaic Smile\u003c\/i\u003e, by the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist A. E. Stallings, the poet couples poetic meditations on classic stories and themes with poems about the everyday, sometimes mundane occurrences of contemporary life (like losing an umbrella or fishing with one's father), and she infuses the latter with the magic of myth and history. With the skill of a scholar and translator and the playful, pristine composition of a poet, Stallings bridges the gap between these two distant worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStallings \"invigorates the old forms and makes them sing\" (Meryl Natchez, \u003ci\u003eZYZZYVA\u003c\/i\u003e) in her poetry, and the scope and origins of her talents are on full display in the acclaimed author's first collection. The poems of \u003ci\u003eArchaic Smile \u003c\/i\u003eare sung with a timeless, technically impeccable, and utterly true voice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. E. Stallings \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of several books of poetry: \u003ci\u003eLike\u003c\/i\u003e, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; \u003ci\u003eOlives\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; \u003ci\u003eHapax\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Poets' Prize and the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Benjamin H. Danks Award; and \u003ci\u003eArchaic Smile\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Richard Wilbur Award. She has also published verse translations of Lucretius's \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Things \u003c\/i\u003eand Hesiod's \u003ci\u003eWorks and Days\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003e'The Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice': A Tiny Homeric Epic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Stallings is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow and a 2011 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Athens, Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.19 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759426208032,"sku":"9780374600723","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b538a3bdc6313bc9ff6b938b82c17ae5.webp?v=1780152280","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/archaic-smile-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}