{"product_id":"9781581771466","title":"Three New York Poets: Charles North, Tony Towle, Paul Violi","description":"\u003cbr\u003ePoetry. Literary Nonfiction. Literary Criticism. Including selected poems from Charles North, Tony Towle and Paul Violi. Edited and with commentary by Andrew McCarron. With a foreword by John Koethe. What is the shape of a life dedicated to poetry—and how, and from where, does such a dedication take hold? Moreover is that foundation a matter of decision, necessity and\/or \"grace\"—or all three to degrees—and what are its costs? Combined with a selection of poems from these three distinguished poets, who together form a core of the Second Generation of New York School poets, Andrew McCarron pursues these questions, and more, through a series of biographical essays addressing each poet's life story and psychological complexion-and what critical insights such gleanings might lead. The poetry alone of North, Towle and Violi—exact in its execution and wide in its—is of enduring value and utility; juxtaposed with and in part seen through McCarron's exegeses, these qualities assume a poignancy that seems to lead us further into an examination of our human fate and of what it's all about: or as Towle writes, \"in between the great saga of America, \/ lying like a lost nickel in New York's platonic gutter.\" As long as interest in the New York School holds—and in fact continues to grow—THREE NEW YORK POETS will remain an essential guide.","brand":"Barrytown\/Station Hill Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054693400816,"sku":"9781581771466","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781581771466_p0.jpg?v=1763799984","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781581771466","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}