{"product_id":"9781566892568","title":"How Long","description":"\u003cp\u003eRon Padgett's title poem asks: \"How long do you want to go on being the person you think you are? \/ How Long, a city in China.\" With the arrival of his first grandchild, Padgett becomes even more inspired to confront the eternal mysteries in poems with a wry, rueful honesty that comes only with experience, in his case sixty-eight years of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eI never thought,\u003cbr\u003eforty years ago,\u003cbr\u003etaping my poems into a notebook,\u003cbr\u003ethat one day the tape\u003cbr\u003ewould turn yellow, grow brittle, and fall off\u003cbr\u003eand that I'd find myself on hands and knees\u003cbr\u003egroaning as I picked the pieces up\u003cbr\u003e• ff the floor\u003cbr\u003e• ne by one\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRon Padgett\u003c\/b\u003e is a celebrated translator, memoirist, and \"a thoroughly American poet, coming sideways out of Whitman, Williams, and New York Pop with a Tulsa twist\" (Peter Gizzi). His poetry has been translated into more than a dozen languages and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eThe Norton Anthology of Postmodern American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e , and on Garrison Keillor's \u003ci\u003eWriter's Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e . He was also a guest on Keillor's \u003ci\u003eA Prairie Home Companion \u003c\/i\u003e in 2009. Padgett is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and his most recent books include \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e ; \u003ci\u003eYou Never Know, Joe: A Memoir of Joe Brainard\u003c\/i\u003e ; and \u003ci\u003eIf I Were You\u003c\/i\u003e . Born in Oklahoma, he lives in New York City and Calais, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049395929328,"sku":"9781566892568","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781566892568_p0.jpg?v=1763766907","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781566892568","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}