{"product_id":"9781619321533","title":"During","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"For James Richardson, poetry is serious and speculative play for both intellect and imagination… [He] makes familiar scenes strange enough to provoke new and startling insights.\"—National Book Award Judges\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"James Richardson is . . . a poet who earned his reputation as a master of imagery and concision.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[O]ne of America's most distinctive contemporary poets . . . a powerful and moving body of work that in its intimacy and philosophical naturalism is unique in contemporary American poetry.\"—\u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"James Richardson's poetry is . . . unusual, quirky, personal, and profound.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this seriously playful new collection, James Richardson enters into underused and forgotten places in our emotional spectrum to revive lost feelings. His breathtaking skill with aphorisms open portals of new perspective to refresh us with their humor and make the familiar reinvigorated with the blessedly strange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Big Scenes\":\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd what was King Kong ever going to do\u003cbr\u003ewith Fay Wray, or Jessica Lange,\u003cbr\u003ebut climb, climb, climb and get shot down?\u003cbr\u003eNo wonder Gulliver's amiably chatting\u003cbr\u003ewith that six-inch woman in his palm.\u003cbr\u003eDesire's huge, there's really nowhere to put it\u003cbr\u003ein this small world that it will stay put:\u003cbr\u003emight as well just talk…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Richardson \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of six books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eBy the Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a National Book Award finalist, and his poems appear regularly in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of English and creative writing at Princeton University and lives in New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151749366000,"sku":"9781619321533","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619321533","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}