{"product_id":"void-of-course-paperback","title":"Void of Course - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1973, at the age of twenty-three, \u003cb\u003eJim Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e burst upon the poetry scene with his first collection, \u003cb\u003eLiving at the Movies\u003c\/b\u003e, a book of vivid and inventive verse that won him comparisons to everyone from \u003cb\u003eArthur Rimbaud\u003c\/b\u003e to \u003cb\u003eFrank O'Hara\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarroll's first new book of poetry in more than a decade, \u003cb\u003eVoid of Course\u003c\/b\u003e presents work composed over the last two years. His major themes--love, friendship, desire, time and memory, and, above all, the ever-present city--emerge in an atmosphere where dream and reality mingle on equal terms. These seventy-seven poems range from graphic, sensuous shorter pieces to edgy stream-of-consciousness prose poems to longer, more contemplative works such as \"While She's Gone,\" an eerie tour de force of longing over a departed lover. \u003cb\u003eVoid of Course\u003c\/b\u003e establishes that Carroll's power and purity of vision are stronger than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Carroll's bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e was first released in 1978 and adapted as a film in 1995. Carroll's work includes several collections of poetry as well as a asecond memoir, \u003ci\u003eForces Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971-1973\u003c\/i\u003e. As the leader of The Jim Carroll Band he released three albums as well as several spoken word recordings. He died in New York City on September 11, 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.44 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748760322336,"sku":"9780140589092","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/97a959225f718adbc82952dd4fcbffe7.webp?v=1779915414","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/void-of-course-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}