{"product_id":"9781466878488","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntense verbal music with a jazz feeling; invention against the grain of expectation; intelligence racing among materials with the variety of a busy street—these have been the qualities of Robert Pinsky's work since his first book, \u003ci\u003eSadness and Happiness \u003c\/i\u003e(1975), celebrated for setting a new direction in American poetry. At that time, responding to a question about that book, Pinsky said: \"I would like to write a poetry which could contain every kind of thing, while keeping all the excitement of poetry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat ambition was realized in a new way with each of his books, including the book-length personal monologue \u003ci\u003eAn Explanation of America\u003c\/i\u003e; the transformed autobiography of \u003ci\u003eHistory of My Heart\u003c\/i\u003e; the bestselling translation \u003ci\u003eThe Inferno of Dante\u003c\/i\u003e; and, most recently, the savage, inventive \u003ci\u003eGulf Music\u003c\/i\u003e. That variety and renewal are represented in this brilliantly chosen volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173426315504,"sku":"9781466878488","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466878488_p0.jpg?v=1769892158","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466878488","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}