{"product_id":"a-carnival-of-losses-notes-nearing-ninety-paperback-1","title":"A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormer poet laureate of the United States Donald Hall's final collection of essays, from the vantage point of very old age, once again \"alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny.\"*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*(\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Why should a nonagenarian hold anything back?\" Donald Hall answers his own question in these self-knowing, fierce, and funny essays on aging, the pleasures of solitude, and the sometimes astonishing freedoms arising from both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearing ninety at the time of writing, he intersperses memories of exuberant days in his youth, with uncensored tales of literary friendships spanning decades--with James Wright, Richard Wilbur, Seamus Heaney, and other luminaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCementing his place alongside Roger Angell and Joan Didion as a generous and profound chronicler of loss, this final work is as original and searing as anything Hall wrote during his extraordinary literary lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDONALD HALL (1928-2018), served as poet laureate of the United States from 2006 to 2007. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, awarded by President Obama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178336338169,"sku":"9780358056140","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ic3gkFtO7s9780358056140.webp?v=1781297013","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-carnival-of-losses-notes-nearing-ninety-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}