{"product_id":"fear-of-dreaming-the-selected-poems-paperback","title":"Fear of Dreaming: The Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarroll, a diarist and rock performer, is best known for his coming-of-age memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, which became an instant classic when it was first published in 1978 and then a national bestseller when a film version of the book was released in 1995. Carroll initially made his reputation as a poet, and has won acclaim and comparisons to everyone from Rimbaud to Frank O'Hara for his delicate yet hallucinatory imagery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume of poetry collects selections from Jim Carroll's \u003ci\u003eLiving at the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published in 1973 when he was twenty-two, and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Nods\u003c\/i\u003e, released in 1986. \u003ci\u003eFear of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDreaming \u003c\/i\u003ealso includes pieces previously unpublished in book form, including \"Curtis's Charm,\" a vignette set in New York City's Central Park about a man convinced he is a victim of black magic, and poetic tributes to Robert Mapplethorpe and Ted Berrigan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"His poems' urgent, obsessive metaphors pose tensely against their cool, streetwise surface voice, charging them with an electricity that's at once disturbing, sexual, religious, and psychological.\"--Tom Clark, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Carroll's bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e was first released in 1978 and adapted as a film in 1995. Carroll's work includes several collections of poetry as well as a asecond memoir, \u003ci\u003eForces Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971-1973\u003c\/i\u003e. As the leader of The Jim Carroll Band he released three albums as well as several spoken word recordings. He died in New York City on September 11, 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.46 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760150577440,"sku":"9780140586954","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d6f530b88b03b2bb1077a81dff9b3328.webp?v=1780172873","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fear-of-dreaming-the-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}