{"product_id":"9781556591433","title":"The Blessing: New \u0026 Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eGathering over one hundred previously uncollected and new poems, together with four previous books, \u003ci\u003eThe Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e provides a necessary overview of a surprising and deceptively accessible poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Skillful, direct, and surprisingly delicate.\"- \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRichard Jones\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London and educated at the University of Virginia. His first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eCountry of Air\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press, 1986), won the Posner Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers. He published \u003ci\u003eAt Last We Enter Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e in 1991 and \u003ci\u003ePerfect Time\u003c\/i\u003e in 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJones has edited \u003ci\u003ePoetry East\u003c\/i\u003e since 1979 and has edited two critical anthologies \u003ci\u003ePoetry and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOf Solitude and Silence: Writings on Robert Bly\u003c\/i\u003e . He is a professor at DePaul University in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055575908592,"sku":"9781556591433","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781556591433_p0.jpg?v=1763754058","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781556591433","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}