{"product_id":"this-time-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","title":"This Time: New and Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerald Stern\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This healthy collection of new poems and selections from seven previous volumes is remarkable for its generosity of spirit, manifested in a warm surrealism that is often turned with humor toward his own past as a way of understanding the recurrent questions of growing old: 'Why did it take so long \/ for me to get lenient? What does it mean one life \/ only?' \" -- \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review) \"Gerald Stern's achievement is immense. In this beautiful gathering . . . one encounters a poet who praises and mourns in turn and even at once.\" -- Grace Schulman, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e \"Stern is one of those rare poetic souls who makes it almost impossible to remember what our world was like before his poetry came to exalt it.\" -- C. K. Williams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.21 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Boston Book Review (1999)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759152398624,"sku":"9780393319095","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/452cebafeffd411e60a80097c783b61d.webp?v=1780143608","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/this-time-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}