{"product_id":"springing-springing-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","title":"Springing: Springing: New and Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie Ponsot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bird Catcher\u003c\/i\u003e, this life-spanning volume offers the delight of both discovery and re-discovery, as Ponsot tends the unruly garden of her mind with her customary care and passion. The book opens with a group of new poems, including \"What Would You Like to Be When You Grow Up?\"--a question that has kept Ponsot's work vital for more than five decades. Throughout the selections from her four earlier books and a trove of previously unpublished work covering the years 1946 to 1971, she offers us a \"lost haven in a springing world.\" Sometimes sharp in her self-perception, but always listing toward pleasure and elegance, unafraid of grief and the passage of time, Ponsot continually refreshes her language and the spirited self from which it emerges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \"The Bird Catcher, this life-spanning volume offers the delight of both discovery and re-discovery, as Ponsot tends the unruly garden of her mind with her customary care and passion. The book opens with a group of new poems, including \"What Would You Like to Be When You Grow Up?\"--a question that has kept Ponsot's work vital for more than five decades. Throughout the selections from her four earlier books and a trove of previously unpublished work covering the years 1946 to 1971, she offers us a \"lost haven in a springing world.\" Sometimes sharp in her self-perception, but always listing toward pleasure and elegance, unafraid of grief and the passage of time, Ponsot continually refreshes her language and the spirited self from which it emerges. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarie Ponsot's first book of poems was\u003ci\u003e True Minds\u003c\/i\u003e (1956); later books are \u003ci\u003eAdmit Impediment\u003c\/i\u003e (1981) and \u003ci\u003eThe Green Dark\u003c\/i\u003e (1988). She is a native New Yorker who has enjoyed teaching at Queens College, Beijing United University, the Poetry Center of the YMHA, New York University, and Columbia University. Among her awards are an NEA Creative Writing grant, the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Prize, and the Shaughnessy Medal of the Modern Language Association. Ponsot's most recent collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Bird Catcher\u003c\/i\u003e, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry in 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.54 x 5.78 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750838468896,"sku":"9780375709876","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/84a53217318f219f68a4d3e56a3fb124.webp?v=1779959055","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/springing-springing-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}