{"product_id":"this-afterlife-selected-poems-paperback","title":"This Afterlife: Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. E. Stallings\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA selection of sharp, witty, and impeccably crafted poems from A. E. Stallings, the award-winning poet and translator.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Afterlife: Selected Poems \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together poetry from A. E. Stallings's four acclaimed collections, \u003ci\u003eArchaic Smile, Hapax, Olives\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLike\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a lagniappe of outlier poems. Over time, themes and characters reappear, speaking to one another across years and experience, creating a complex music of harmony, dissonance, and counterpoint. The Underworld and the Afterlife, ancient history and the archaeology of the here and now, all slant rhyme with one another. Many of these poems unfold in the mytho-domestic sphere, through the eyes of Penelope or Pandora, Alice in Wonderland or the poet herself. Fulfilling the promise of the energy and sprezzatura of Stallings's earliest collection, her later technical accomplishments rise to meet the richness of lived experience: of marriage and motherhood, of a life lived in another language and country, of aging and mortality. Her chosen home of Greece adds layers of urgency to her fascination with Greek mythology; living in an epicenter of contemporary crises means current events and ancient history are always rubbing shoulders in her poems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExpert at traditional received forms, Stallings is also a poet of restless experiment, in cat's-cradle rhyme schemes, nonce stanzas, supple free verse, thematic variation, and metaphysical conceits. The pleasure of these poems, fierce and witty, melancholy and wise, lies in a timeless precision that will outlast the fickleness of fashion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. E. Stallings \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of several books of poetry: \u003ci\u003eLike\u003c\/i\u003e, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; \u003ci\u003eOlives\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; \u003ci\u003eHapax\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Poets' Prize and the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Benjamin H. Danks Award; and \u003ci\u003eArchaic \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmile\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Richard Wilbur Award. She has also published verse translations of Lucretius's \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Things\u003c\/i\u003e and Hesiod's \u003ci\u003eWorks and Days\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the Homeric epic \u003ci\u003eThe Battle Between the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrogs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand the Mice\u003c\/i\u003e. Stallings is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow, a 2011 United States Artists Fellow, and a 2011 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Athens, Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759055438112,"sku":"9780374607838","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0955be797eed898f2bc6956487bf3b73.webp?v=1780141705","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/this-afterlife-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}