{"product_id":"9781930464117","title":"Look to the Future: Ruth Stone Reading From Ordinary Words and Simplicity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLook to the Future \u003c\/i\u003epresents ninety-six-year-old Ruth Stone, National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet, in a rare \"salon\" recording of NBCC Award-winning \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Words \u003c\/i\u003ewith \u003ci\u003eSimplicity\u003c\/i\u003e (the collection that many of Stone's most ardent admirers consider her \"perfect\" book). The CD includes a moving new introduction by Ruth Stone's beloved granddaughter, poet Bianca Stone. Capturing the world of Stone's \"Poetry House,\" \u003ci\u003eLook to the Future\u003c\/i\u003e exemplifies the multidimensional genius, originality, and beauty of Ruth Stone—in her own voice, as she reads her favorite poems from both volumes, with a finch occasionally singing beside her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Stone \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of thirteen books of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eWhat Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e; National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eIn the Next Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e; National Book Critics Circle Award-winning \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Words\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSimplicity\u003c\/i\u003e. She is recipient of the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Shelley Memorial Award, the Cerf Lifetime Achievement Award, a Whiting Award, and others. Stone is professor emeritus of poetry at Binghamton University. She lives in Vermont, where she recently served as Poet Laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBianca Stone\u003c\/b\u003e, Ruth Stone's granddaughter, is a poet and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the creator of the Ladder Poetry Reading Series in New York City, an editor at Monk Books, and the author of the chapbook \u003ci\u003eSomeone Else's Wedding Vows\u003c\/i\u003e and the blog Poetry Comics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paris Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033532743920,"sku":"9781930464117","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781930464117_p0.jpg?v=1763639683","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781930464117","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}