{"product_id":"9780679644057","title":"Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first compilation of new and selected poems in twelve years. \u003ci\u003eAimless Love\u003c\/i\u003e combines more than fifty new poems with selections from four previous books—\u003ci\u003eNine Horses, The Trouble with Poetry, Ballistics, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Horoscopes for the Dead. \u003c\/i\u003eCollins’s unmistakable voice, which brings together plain speech with imaginative surprise, is clearly heard on every page, reminding us how he has managed to enrich the tapestry of contemporary poetry and greatly expand its audience. His work is featured in top literary magazines such as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is a strong draw at reading venues across the country. Appearing regularly in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e series, his poems appeal to readers and live audiences far and wide and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. By turns playful, ironic, and serious, Collins’s poetry captures the nuances of everyday life while leading the reader into zones of inspired wonder. In the poet’s own words, he hopes that his poems “begin in Kansas and end in Oz.” Touching on the themes of love, loss, joy, and poetry itself, these poems showcase the best work of this “poet of plenitude, irony, and Augustan grace” \u003ci\u003e(The New Yorker).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnvoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Go, little book,\u003cbr\u003e out of this house and into the world,\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e carriage made of paper rolling toward town bearing a single passenger beyond the reach of this jittery pen and far from the desk and the nosy gooseneck lamp.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It is time to decamp,\u003cbr\u003e put on a jacket and venture outside,\u003cbr\u003e time to be regarded by other eyes,\u003cbr\u003e bound to be held in foreign hands.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e So off you go, infants of the brain,\u003cbr\u003e with a wave and some bits of fatherly advice:\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e stay out as late as you like,\u003cbr\u003e don’t bother to call or write,\u003cbr\u003e and talk to as many strangers as you can.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027380486384,"sku":"9780679644057","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780679644057_p0.jpg?v=1763608271","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780679644057","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}