{"product_id":"conversations-with-john-berryman-paperback","title":"Conversations with John Berryman - 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\u003eEric Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poetry of John Berryman (1914-1972) is primarily concerned with the self in response to the rapid social, political, sexual, racial, and technological transformations of the twentieth century, and their impact on the psyche and spirit, both individual and collective. He was just as likely to find inspiration in his local newspaper as he was from the poetry of Hopkins or Milton. In fact, in contrast to the popular perception of Berryman drunkenly composing strange, dreamlike, abstract, esoteric poems, Berryman was intensely aware of craft. His best work routinely utilizes a variety of rhetorical styles, shifting effortlessly from the lyric to the prosaic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Berryman, poetry was nothing less than a vocation, a mission, and a way of life. Though he desired fame, he acknowledged its relative unimportance when he stated that the \"important thing is that your work is something no one else can do.\" As a result, Berryman very rarely granted interviews--\"I teach and I write,\" he explained, \"I'm not copy\"--yet when he did the results were always captivating. Collected in \u003ci\u003eConversations with John Berryman\u003c\/i\u003e are all of Berryman's major interviews, personality pieces, profiles, and local interest items, where interviewers attempt to unravel him, as both Berryman and his interlocutors struggle to find value in poetry in a fallen world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eOppen: A Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e. He also coedited (with Dominick Grace) \u003ci\u003eDave Sim: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eChester Brown: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSeth: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by University Press of Mississippi. He is author of several books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eThis Thin Mean: New Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePresence of Life\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eLosses of Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185922228473,"sku":"9781496826336","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cUh6c1BGVmE4dnYzNi9Fb1VkYmFrZz09.webp?v=1767823374","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/conversations-with-john-berryman-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}