{"product_id":"other-worlds-paperback-1","title":"Other Worlds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert Goldbarth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOther Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e is true to its title, from a look at our everyday joys and griefs as interpreted by the Mars of classic science fiction and the crazy domain of quantum physics; to studies of the many conflicting realities that America uneasily accommodates in a time of pandemic and protests; to elegiac poems informed by the realms of memory, ghosts, and imagined afterlives. From a poem of one line to a sequence of twelve sections, from comic hijinks to despair, and from private revelation to public declaiming, this is a bravura performance by the only poet to have twice received the National Book Critics Circle Award and who, at age seventy-three, is writing at the height of his powers. \u003cb\u003eExcerpt from \"Last Song\"\u003c\/b\u003e I choose the other way, with heels dug in. I vote for screaming yearningly. For heading into the afterlife against the grain of this one. For a slowing down to the pace of a person too absorbed in the glory and grit to work up any hurry for departing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Goldbarth\u003c\/b\u003e has been publishing books for nearly fifty years. He won the National Book Critics Circle Award for \u003ci\u003eSaving Lives\u003c\/i\u003e and for \u003ci\u003eHeaven and Earth: A Cosmology\u003c\/i\u003e, the only poet to receive the honor two times. Goldbarth's other honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Milt Kessler Award. His work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and multiple appearances in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eseries and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Wichita, Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751971520800,"sku":"9780822966692","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/36134a6519688e38159639c33e19e095.webp?v=1779984543","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/other-worlds-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}