{"product_id":"dream-song-the-life-of-john-berryman-paperback","title":"Dream Song: The Life of John Berryman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Mariani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDream Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of John Berryman, one of the most gifted poets of a generation that included Elizabeth Bishop, Randall Jarrell, Robert Lowell, and Dylan Thomas. Using Berryman's unpublished letters and poetry, as well as interviews with those who knew him intimately, Paul Mariani captures Berryman's genius and the tragedy that dogged him, while at the same time illuminating one of the most provocative periods in American letters. Here we witness Berryman's struggles with alcohol and drugs, his obsession with women and fame, and his friendships with luminary writers of the century. Mariani creates an unforgettable portrait of a poet who, by the time of his suicide at age fifty-seven, had won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe oldest of seven children from a working-class background, \u003cb\u003ePaul Mariani\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York City in 1940 and grew up there and on Long Island. He earned his bachelor's degree from Manhattan College, a Master's from Colgate University, and a PhD. from the City University of New York. He is the author of seven poetry collections, most recently, \u003ci\u003eEpitaphs for the Journey: New, Selected \u0026amp; Revised Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Cascade Books, 2012) and \u003ci\u003eDeaths \u0026amp; Transfigurations\u003c\/i\u003e (Paraclete Press, 2005). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has published numerous books of prose, including five acclaimed biographies of poets: \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Harmonium: The Life of Wallace Stevens\u003c\/i\u003e (2015); \u003ci\u003eGerard Manley Hopkins: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2008); \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Tower: A Life of Hart Crane\u003c\/i\u003e (1999); \u003ci\u003eLost Puritan: A Life of Robert Lowell\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), all named New York Times Notable Books of the year; \u003ci\u003eDream Song: The Life of John Berryman\u003c\/i\u003e (1990); and \u003ci\u003eWilliam Carlos Williams: A New World Naked\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), which won the New Jersey Writers Award, was short-listed for an American Book Award, and was also named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has also been shortlisted for the Tait Award for biography. He was Distinguished University Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he taught from 1968 until 2000, when he was named University Professor of English at Boston College. In 2009 he received the John Ciardi Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry. Mariani and his wife, Eileen, have three grown sons and live in western Massachusetts. He is currently working on a memoir of growing up on the mean streets of Manhattan in the 1940s. \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Tower, \u003c\/i\u003e his biography of Hart Crane, was turned into a film, directed by and starring James Franco. He has also contributed to two films--one on John Berryman, and another on Wallace Stevens. He has lectured widely and read his poems here and abroad.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 580\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770989478176,"sku":"9781595347664","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7dc77317c79097432a72d5d498e1c8ac.webp?v=1780381566","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dream-song-the-life-of-john-berryman-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}