{"product_id":"the-best-american-erotic-poems-from-1800-to-the-present-paperback","title":"The Best American Erotic Poems: From 1800 to the Present - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Lehman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a deep tradition of eroticism in American poetry. Thoughtful, provocative, moving, and sometimes mirthful, the poems collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Erotic Poems\u003c\/i\u003e celebrate this exuberant sensuality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These poems range across the varied landscapes of love and sex and desire -- from the intimate parts of the body to the end of an affair, from passion to solitary self-pleasure. With candor and imagination, they capture the delights and torments of sex and sexuality, nudity, love, lust, and the secret life of fantasy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Lehman, the distinguished editor of the celebrated \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e series, has culled a witty, titillating, and alluring collection that starts with Francis Scott Key, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Hart Crane, encompasses Frank O'Hara, Anne Sexton, John Updike, Charles Simic, Billy Collins, Kevin Young, and Sharon Olds, and concludes with the rising stars of a whole new generation of versifiers, including Sarah Manguso, Ravi Shankar, and Brenda Shaughnessy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a section of the book that is sure to prompt discussion and further reading, the living poets write about their favorite works of erotic writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book will delight, surprise, and inspire.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Lehman, the series editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, edited \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. His books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eThe Morning Line\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen a Woman Loves a Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Mirror.\u003c\/i\u003e The most recent of his many nonfiction books is \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City and Ithaca, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.46 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758804959520,"sku":"9781416537465","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/03c14e55db673793c4375c083200f165.webp?v=1780136076","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-best-american-erotic-poems-from-1800-to-the-present-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}