{"product_id":"the-final-voicemails-poems-hardcover","title":"The Final Voicemails: Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMax Ritvo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLouise Glück\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Even present tense has some of the grace of past tense, \/ what with all the present tense left to go.\" From Max Ritvo--selected and edited by Louise Glück--comes a final collection of poems fully inscribed with the daring of his acrobatic mind and the force of his unrelenting spirit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiagnosed with terminal cancer at sixteen, Ritvo spent the next decade of his life pursuing poetry with frenetic energy, culminating in the publication of \u003cem\u003eFour Reincarnations\u003c\/em\u003e. As with his debut, \u003cem\u003eThe Final Voicemails\u003c\/em\u003e brushes up against the pain, fear, and isolation that accompany a long illness, but with all the creative force of an artist in full command of his craft and the teeming affection of a human utterly in love with the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe representation of the end of life resists simplicity here. It is physical decay, but it is also tedium. It is alchemy, \"the breaking apart, \/ the replacement of who, when, how, and where, \/ with what.\" It is an antagonist--and it is a part of the self. Ritvo's poems ring with considered reflection about the enduring final question, while suggesting--in their vibrancy and their humor--that death is not merely an end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Final Voicemails\u003c\/em\u003e is an ecstatic, hopeful, painful--and completely breathtaking--second collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Ritvo\u003c\/b\u003e (1990-2016) was the author of \u003ci\u003eFour Reincarnations\u003c\/i\u003e and the chapbook \u003ci\u003eAeons\u003c\/i\u003e, chosen by Jean Valentine to receive the Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship in 2014. Ritvo's poetry has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and as a Poem-a-Day for Poets.org. His prose and interviews have appeared in publications such as Lit Hub, \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.6 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771439612192,"sku":"9781571315113","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4b67280e72b866b54bf635e95b3e182c.webp?v=1780386586","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-final-voicemails-poems-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}