{"product_id":"close-calls-with-nonsense-reading-new-poetry-9781555975210","title":"Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eEssays and critical writings on contemporary poetry by Stephen Burt, \"the finest critic of his generation\" (Lucie Brock-Broido)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Burt's \u003ci\u003eClose Calls with Nonsense \u003c\/i\u003eprovokes readers into the elliptical worlds of Rae Armantrout, Paul Muldoon, C. D. Wright, and other contemporary poets whose complexities make them challenging, original, and, finally, readable. Burt's intelligence and enthusiasm introduce both tentative and longtime poetry readers to the rewards of reading new poetry. As Burt writes in the title essay: \"The poets I know don't want to be famous people half so much as they want their best poems read; I want to help you find and read them. I write here for people who want to read more new poetry but somehow never get around to it; for people who enjoy Seamus Heaney or Elizabeth Bishop and want to know what next; for people who enjoy John Ashbery or Anne Carson but aren't sure why; and, especially, for people who read the half-column poems in glossy magazines and ask, 'Is that all there is?'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555975210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 5.98w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/24\/2009 pg. 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2009 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2009 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stephanie Burt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51990984523957,"sku":"9781555975210","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_10b501e0-9e00-425d-8199-c4ece54a67ab.jpg?v=1762838610","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/close-calls-with-nonsense-reading-new-poetry-9781555975210","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}