{"product_id":"the-emperor-of-water-clocks-paperback-1","title":"The Emperor of Water Clocks - 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\u003eYusef Komunyakaa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe wildly enchanting new collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If I am not Ulysses, I am \/ his dear, ruthless half brother.\" So announces Yusef Komunyakaa early in his lush new collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor of Water Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e. And Ulysses (or his half brother) is but one of the characters Komunyakaa conjures over the course of this densely lyrical book. Here his speaker observes a doomed court jester; here another recalls Napoleon as the emperor \"tells the doctor to cut out his heart \/ \u0026amp; send it to the empress, Marie-Louise\"; and here he is just a man, reflecting on why he'd \"rather die a poet \/ than a warrior.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough these mutations and migrations and permutations and peregrinations, there are constants: Komunyakaa's jazz-inflected rhythms, his effortlessly surreal images, his celebration of natural beauty and of love. There is also his insistent inquiry into the structures and struggles of power: not only, say, of king against jester but of man against his own desire, and of the present against the pernicious influence of the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnother brilliant collection from the man David Wojahn has called one of our \"most significant and individual voices,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor of Water Clocks \u003c\/i\u003edelights, challenges, and satisfies.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYusef Komunyakaa\u003c\/b\u003e's books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eNeon Vernacular \u003c\/i\u003e(for which he received the Pulitzer Prize), \u003ci\u003eTalking Dirty to the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTaboo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWarhorses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chameleon Couch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTestimony: A Tribute to Charlie Parker\u003c\/i\u003e. His plays, performance art, and librettos have been performed internationally and include \u003ci\u003eWakonda's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaturnalia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTestimony\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGilgamesh: A Verse Play\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353606865145,"sku":"9780374536572","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/sqvtAbxHrj9780374536572_f3c6d681-7e19-4832-9b6a-6a25ca42918b.webp?v=1769825352","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-emperor-of-water-clocks-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}