{"product_id":"one-hundred-autobiographies-a-memoir-hardcover","title":"One Hundred Autobiographies: A Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Lehman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Autobiographies\u003c\/i\u003e, poet and scholar David Lehman applies the full measure of his intellectual powers to cope with a frightening diagnosis and painful treatment for cancer. No matter how debilitating the medical procedures, Lehman wrote every day during chemotherapy and in the aftermath of radical surgery. With characteristic riffs of wit and imagination, he transmutes the details of his inner life into a prose narrative rich in incident and mental travel. The reader journeys with him from the first dreadful symptoms to the sunny days of recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \"fake memoir,\" as he refers ironically to it, features one-hundred short vignettes that tell a life story. \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Autobiographies\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with insights and epiphanies that may prove as indispensable to aspiring writers as Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of Manhattan, Lehman summons John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Edward Said, and Lionel Trilling among his mentors. Dostoyevsky shows up, as does Graham Greene. Keith Richards and Patti Hansen put in an appearance, Edith Piaf sings, Clint Eastwood saves the neighborhood, and the Rat Pack comes along for the ride. These and other avatars of popular culture help Lehman to make sense of his own mortality and life story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Autobiographies\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a stunning portrait of a mind against the ropes, facing its own extinction, surviving and enduring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Lehman is a poet and writer whose many books include\u003ci\u003e New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003ehe Daily Mirror, and \u003ci\u003eSinatra's Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World\u003c\/i\u003e. For \u003ci\u003eA Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, he won ASCAP's Deems Taylor Award. Lehman is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and the series editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. He divides his time between Ithaca, New York, and New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.7 x 6.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760626630944,"sku":"9781501746451","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/545d398a2812b94e1d7e55514b9089b0.webp?v=1780185158","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/one-hundred-autobiographies-a-memoir-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}