{"product_id":"proceed-to-check-out-paperback","title":"Proceed to Check Out - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning poet Alan Shapiro offers a new collection of poems reflecting on mortality and finitude.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alan Shapiro's fourteenth collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eProceed to Check Out\u003c\/i\u003e, is a kind of summing up, or stock-taking, by an aging poet, of his precarious place in a world dominated by the ever-accelerating pace of technological innovation, political disruption, personal loss, and racial strife. These poems take on fundamental subjects--like the nature of time and consciousness and how or why we become who we are--but Shapiro presses them into becoming urgent and timely. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Employing idiomatic range and formal variety, Shapiro's poems move through recurring dreams, the coercions of childhood, and the mysterious connections of mind and matter, pleasure and memory. They meet an abiding need to find empathy and understanding in even the most challenging places--amid disaffection, public discord, and estrangement. His grasp of contemporary life--in all its insidious violence and beauty--is distinct, comprehensive, and profound. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e has written many books of poetry and prose, most recently \u003ci\u003eAgainst Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThat Self-Forgetful Perfectly Useless Concentration\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReel to Reel\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Shapiro has won the Kingsley Tufts Award, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, and an American Academy of Arts and Letters literature award, among others, and has received fellowships from both the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He currently lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his dog, Sammy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766942007584,"sku":"9780226817545","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1b0dea18b97422267e9391feddb96cba.webp?v=1780301393","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/proceed-to-check-out-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}