{"product_id":"just-the-thing-selected-letters-of-james-schuyler-1951-1991-revised-anniversary-edition-paperback","title":"Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991, Revised Anniversary Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Schuyler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Corbett\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis fully\u003cbr\u003eupdated edition of James Schuyler's letters to three dozen intimates, published\u003cbr\u003eon the 100th anniversary of the writer's birth, offers unparalleled insights\u003cbr\u003einto the lives, friendships, and sensibilities that sprang from the influential\u003cbr\u003eNew York School. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames\u003cbr\u003eSchuyler's effervescent takes on people, nature, art, writing, and love are on\u003cbr\u003ejoyous display in his letters to John Ashbery, Ron Padgett, Barbara Guest, Alex\u003cbr\u003eKatz, Joe Brainard, Kenneth Koch, and many more. They paint an indelible\u003cbr\u003epicture of a charmingly self-deprecating gentleman with an expansive intellect\u003cbr\u003eand a deliciously wicked tongue. \"Jimmy wrote letters for the most civilized of\u003cbr\u003ereasons,\" a friend of his once said, \"to inform and to entertain.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd that\u003cbr\u003ethey do, in inimitable style. Peppering his aper輹s with the occasional \"tout\u003cbr\u003ede sweetie\" and \"pet noire,\" the Pulitzer\u003cbr\u003ePrize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Morning of the\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003c\/i\u003e holds forth on everything from Dante and Delacroix to\u003cbr\u003etravel and gardening to the delicate workings of his own poems and those of\u003cbr\u003eothers. While his\u003cbr\u003etone ranges from the lightly graceful to the racily profane, each letter is\u003cbr\u003eexquisitely tuned to its recipient. Schuyler's voice changes over the years and\u003cbr\u003ethrough periods of elation and struggle, including stays with friends and in\u003cbr\u003epsychiatric wards. Reading these letters, one becomes intimately connected to\u003cbr\u003ethe man and to his words, which have only grown more savory and valuable with\u003cbr\u003etime. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Schuyler (1923-1991)\u003c\/b\u003e was the recipient of the 1981\u003cbr\u003ePulitzer Prize in Poetry for \u003ci\u003eThe Morning of the Poem\u003c\/i\u003e. He belonged to the first\u003cbr\u003egeneration of New York School poets, along with Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery, \u003cbr\u003eFrank O'Hara, and Barbara Guest. He also wrote art criticism and three novels, including one with John\u003cbr\u003eAshbery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Corbett (1942-2018)\u003c\/b\u003e was a poet, essayist, educator, \u003cbr\u003eand editor who lived in Boston's South End and, later, in Brooklyn. He taught\u003cbr\u003eat Harvard, MIT, and NYU, and was the publisher of Pressed Wafer.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 488\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759187886368,"sku":"9781885983817","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8c24cedace5719597775fc4dbc2adecf.webp?v=1780144778","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/just-the-thing-selected-letters-of-james-schuyler-1951-1991-revised-anniversary-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}