{"product_id":"selected-later-poems-paperback","title":"Selected Later Poems - 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\u003eC. K. Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeff Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Designed by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA selection from the last twenty years of C. K. Williams's career, plus new work--proof of his enduring power\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eC. K. Williams's long career has been a catalog of surprises, of inventions and reinventions, of honors. His one constant is a remarkable degree of flexibility, a thrilling ability to shape-shift that goes hand in hand with an essential, enduring honesty. This rare, heady mix has ensured that his verses have remained, from book to book, as fresh and vibrant as they were when he first burst onto the scene.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected Later Poems\u003c\/i\u003e--a generous selection of the last two decades of Williams's poetry, capped by a gathering of new work--is a testament to that enduring vibrancy. Here are the passionate, searching, clear-eyed explorations of empathy in \u003ci\u003eThe Vigil\u003c\/i\u003e; here are the candor and revelation of \u003ci\u003eRepair\u003c\/i\u003e; here are the agonizing morality of \u003ci\u003eThe Singing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWait\u003c\/i\u003e, and the unsparing reflections on aging of \u003ci\u003eWriters Writing Dying\u003c\/i\u003e; here are the poignant prose vignettes of \u003ci\u003eAll at Once\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliams's poetry is essential because its lyric beauty, precise and revealing images, and elegant digressions are coupled to a conscience that is both uneasy and unflinching. \u003ci\u003eSelected Later Poems \u003c\/i\u003eis at once a celebration of Williams's career, an affirmation of his continued position in the pantheon of American poets, and a kind of reckoning--a reminder of the ways in which art can serve both beauty and justice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. K. Williams \u003c\/b\u003e(1936-2015) published twenty-two books of poetry including, \u003ci\u003eFlesh and Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; \u003ci\u003eRepair\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry; and \u003ci\u003eThe Singing\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award. Williams was awarded the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2005. He wrote a critical study, \u003ci\u003eOn Whitman\u003c\/i\u003e; a memoir, \u003ci\u003eMisgivings\u003c\/i\u003e; and two books of essays, \u003ci\u003ePoetry and Consciousness \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIn Time: Poets, Poems, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand the Rest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352452940025,"sku":"9780374536565","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eVwhoSpLfG9780374536565.webp?v=1769810705","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/selected-later-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}