{"product_id":"9781466889439","title":"One Art: Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Lowell once remarked, \"When Elizabeth Bishop's letters are published (as they will be), she will be recognized as not only one of the best, but one of the most prolific writers of our century.\" \u003ci\u003eOne Art\u003c\/i\u003e is the magificent confirmation of Lowell's prediction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom several thousand letters, written by Bishop over fifty years—from 1928, when she was seventeen, to the day of her death, in Boston in 1979—Robert Giroux, the poet's longtime friend and editor, has selected over five hundred missives for this volume. In a way, the letters comprise Bishop's autobiography, and Giroux has greatly enhanced them with his own detailed, candid, and highly informative introduction. \u003ci\u003eOne Art\u003c\/i\u003e takes us behind Bishop's formal sophistication and reserve, fully displaying the gift for friendship, the striving for perfection, and the passionate, questing, rigorous spirit that made her a great artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179727798512,"sku":"9781466889439","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466889439_p0.jpg?v=1769892200","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466889439","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}