{"product_id":"9781598530063","title":"Kenneth Koch: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eKenneth Koch, in the words of editor Ron Padgett, wrote poetry that became a part of \"the mystery and pleasure of being alive.\" A center of the New York School, he gained notoriety by mocking the stodginess and academicism of much mid-century verse.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis enthralling selection encompasses the full range of Koch's poetry, and includes such already classic works as \"Fresh Air\" (his devastatingly satirical assault on mid-1950s poetic conformism), \"The Pleasure of Peace\" (with its defiant assertion that \"One single piece of pink mint chewing gum contains more pleasures \/ Than the whole rude gallery of war!\"), \"The Art of Poetry,\" his astonishing and light-footed survey of the aims and methods of poetry, and poems from the late collection \u003ci\u003eNew Addresses\u003c\/i\u003e, including \"To World War Two,\" \"To Psychoanalysis,\" and \"To the French Language.\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA poet at once directly accessible and deeply mysterious, Kenneth Koch was the master of an art of surprise in which the world is constantly reimagined.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050207559920,"sku":"9781598530063","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781598530063_p0.jpg?v=1763812872","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781598530063","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}