{"product_id":"wild-gratitude-paperback-1","title":"Wild Gratitude - 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\u003eEdward Hirsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry, 1986 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is a lovely and moving collection, and it has not only the courage of its strong emotions, but the language and form that makes and keeps them clear and true.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Anthony Hecht \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Hirsch remains a poet of celebration, but the sorrows of the world are here too, in equal measure. The language is, throughout, simple, sensuous, and direct. We can be grateful for this book and this poet.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Jay Parini \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I have known the poetry of Edward Hirsch for some time, and have greatly admired it. But I even more greatly admire his \u003ci\u003eWild Gratitude\u003c\/i\u003e as a general collection, and I am convinced that the best poems here are unsurpassed in our time.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Robert Penn Warren\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Hirsch has published five previous books of poems: \u003ci\u003eFor the Sleepwalkers \u003c\/i\u003e(1981), \u003ci\u003eWild Gratitude \u003c\/i\u003e(1986), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Night Parade \u003c\/i\u003e(1989), \u003ci\u003eEarthly Measures \u003c\/i\u003e(1994), and \u003ci\u003eOn Love\u003c\/i\u003e(1998). He has also written three prose books, including \u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry \u003c\/i\u003e(1999), a national best-seller, and \u003ci\u003eThe Demon and the Angel: Searching for the Source of Artistic Inspiration \u003c\/i\u003e(2002). A frequent contributor to the leading magazines and periodicals, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, DoubleTake, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review, \u003c\/i\u003ehe also writes the Poet's Choice column for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World.\u003c\/i\u003e He has received the Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, and a MacArthur Fellowship. A professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston for seventeen years, he is now President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.94 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353032704249,"sku":"9780375710124","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RsxHKbIkCQ9780375710124_b57a218c-ef50-4cfe-bf88-8110d19f3bd0.webp?v=1769816054","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/wild-gratitude-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}