{"product_id":"the-heart-of-american-poetry-hardcover","title":"The Heart of American Poetry - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Hirsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn acclaimed poet and our greatest champion for poetry offers an inspiring and insightful new reading of the American tradition\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe live in unsettled times. What is America and who are we as a people? How do we understand the dreams and betrayals that have shaped the American experience? For poet and critic Edward Hirsch, poetry opens up new ways of answering these questions, of reconnecting with one another and with what's best in us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this landmark new book from Library of America, Hirsch offers deeply personal readings of forty essential American poems we thought we knew--from Anne Bradstreet's \"The Author to Her Book\" and Phillis Wheatley's \"To S.M. a Young \u003ci\u003eAfrican \u003c\/i\u003ePainter, on seeing his Works\" to Garrett Hongo's \"Ancestral Graves, Kahuku\" and Joy Harjo's \"Rabbit Is Up to Tricks\"--exploring how these poems have sustained his own life and how they might uplift our diverse but divided nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is a personal book about American poetry,\" writes Hirsch, \"but I hope it is more than a personal selection. I have chosen forty poems from our extensive archive and songbook that have been meaningful to me, \u003cbr\u003epart of my affective life, my critical consideration, but I have also tried to be cognizant of the changing playbook in American poetry, which is not fixed but fluctuating, ever in flow, to pay attention to the wider consideration, the appreciable reach of our literature. This is a book of encounters and realizations.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Hirsch is a celebrated poet and champion for poetry. He is the author of ten books of poems and six books of prose and has received numerous awards and fellowships, including a MacArthur Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, the Rome Prize, a Pablo Neruda Presidential Medal of Honor, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for literature. He serves as president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767241081120,"sku":"9781598537260","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ac6bdaf659a4abca3aa387c9be057fd0.webp?v=1780307327","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-heart-of-american-poetry-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}