{"product_id":"change-of-address-poems-new-and-selected-paperback","title":"Change of Address: Poems, New and Selected - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid R. Slavitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA selection of recent work as well as the best from thirteen volumes of poetry published across four decades, Change of Address highlights the magnitude and scope of David Slavitt's poetic achievement. Meditating on both the quotidian and the sublime and ranging from brilliant satire to tender elegy, this retrospective collection brings into sharp relief Slavitt's intelligence, strength of voice, and ease in varied poetic forms. From the beginning of his career, Slavitt has displayed a rare technical virtuosity, and his verse has long confronted -- with urbanity and poise -- questions of love, grief, loss, and death. Though he is an exuberantly playful poet, his gamesmanship is earnest, toying wisely and bravely with the largest experiences of joy and heartbreak. And his gestures, while seemingly effortless, are carefully considered. The result is a body of poetry that haunts us as only the best literature can.\u003cbr\u003eA splendid capstone to Slavitt's copious output, Change of Address grants readers access to the extraordinary spectrum of his poetry in a single volume.\u003cbr\u003e body betrays, and even a mind can rebel, \u003cbr\u003ebut against what? What remains? Slowly but surely, \u003cbr\u003ewe are forced to suppose a soul, which serves us well, \u003cbr\u003ewhile we serve it unfaithfully and impurely.\u003cbr\u003eInfinitely regressive? Or merely shy?\u003cbr\u003eCall it what watches, suffers, and remains\u003cbr\u003eour subject\/object, despite whatever pains\u003cbr\u003ewe may impose upon it, an inner I.Or is it a mere fiction that one may admit\u003cbr\u003eas useful or even necessary? Its truth\u003cbr\u003eis theoretical, a series, a trend, \u003cbr\u003ealmost algebraic: and one conjures it\u003cbr\u003efrom the motes that fly in the thin air of his youth\u003cbr\u003eto create the granite block that marks his end.\u003cbr\u003e -- \"Soul\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eavid R. Slavitt is a poet, novelist, story writer, essayist, editor, and translator who has published more than seventy books. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has taught at Temple University, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Bennington College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9.08 x 6.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757681606944,"sku":"9780807130049","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f7e3c00ef26645b8cb3d2d57891e92b6.webp?v=1780108823","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/change-of-address-poems-new-and-selected-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}