{"product_id":"whos-on-first-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","title":"Who's on First?: New and Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLloyd Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew and selected poems by renowned poet Lloyd Schwartz.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than four decades, readers and critics have found Lloyd Schwartz's poems unlike anyone else's--a rare combination of the heartbreaking and the hilarious. With his ear for the poetry of the vernacular, Schwartz offers us a memorable cast of characters--both real and imagined, foolish and oracular. Readers experience his mother's piercing flashes of memory, the perverse comic wisdom of Gracie Allen, the uninhibited yet loving exhibitionists of antique pornography, and eager travelers crossing America in a club-car or waiting in a Brazilian airport. Schwartz listens to these people without judging--understanding that they are all trying to live their lives, whenever possible, with tenderness, humor, and grace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho's on First?\u003c\/i\u003e brings together a selection of poems from all of Schwartz's previous collections along with eagerly awaited new poems, highlighting his formal inventiveness in tangling and untangling the yarn of comedy and pathos. Underlying all of these poems is the question of what it takes and what it costs to make art. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLloyd Schwartz \u003c\/b\u003eis the Frederick S. Troy Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston, a longtime commentator on classical music and the arts for National Public Radio's\u003ci\u003e Fresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e, and a noted editor of Elizabeth Bishop's poetry and prose. He has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in poetry, and the poet laureateship of the city of Somerville, Massachusetts. His poems have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his poetry books are \u003ci\u003eLittle Kisses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCairo Traffic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGoodnight, Gracie\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 211\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767858004256,"sku":"9780226795089","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/71c235ab20734c84816cd241e7ba0f68.webp?v=1780319095","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/whos-on-first-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}