{"product_id":"9780547504629","title":"Anterooms: New Poems and Translations","description":"Poetry lovers and critics will rejoice at the news of this collection from Richard Wilbur, the legendary poet and translator who was called “a hero to a new generation of critics” by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review,\u003c\/i\u003e and whose work continues to be masterful, accomplished, whimsical, fresh, and important. \u003cbr\u003eA yellow-striped, green measuring worm opens \u003ci\u003eAnterooms,\u003c\/i\u003e a collection filled with poems that are classic Wilbur, that play with myth and form and examine the human condition through reflections on nature and love. \u003ci\u003eAnterooms\u003c\/i\u003e also features masterly translations from Mallarmé’s “The Tomb of Edgar Allan Poe,” a previously unpublished Verlaine poem, two poems by Joseph Brodsky, and thirty-seven of Symphosius’s clever Latin riddles. \u003cbr\u003eWhether he is considering a snow shovel and domestic life or playfully considering that “Inside \u003ci\u003ehomeowner\u003c\/i\u003e is the word \u003ci\u003emeow,\u003c\/i\u003e” Wilbur’s new collection is sure to delight everyone from longtime devotees to casual poetry readers. Exploring the interplay between the everyday and the mythic, the sobering and the lighthearted, \u003ci\u003eAnterooms\u003c\/i\u003e is nothing less than an event in poetic history and a remarkable addition to a master’s oeuvre. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177478635760,"sku":"9780547504629","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547504629_p0.jpg?v=1763715542","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547504629","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}