{"product_id":"holding-on-upside-down-the-life-and-work-of-marianne-moore-9780374534943","title":"Holding on Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Plutarch Award for the Best Biography of 2013\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the PEN Weld Award for Biography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mesmerizing and essential biography of the modernist poet Marianne Moore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Marianne Moore that survives in the popular imagination is dignified, white-haired, and demure in her tricorne hat; she lives with her mother until the latter's death; she maintains meaningful friendships with fellow poets but never marries or falls in love.\u003cbr\u003e Linda Leavell's \u003ci\u003eHolding On Upside Down\u003c\/i\u003e--the first biography of this major American poet written with the support of the Moore estate--delves beneath the surface of this calcified image to reveal a passionate, canny woman caught between genuine devotion to her mother and an irrepressible desire for personal autonomy and freedom. Her many poems about survival are not just quirky nature studies but acts of survival themselves.\u003cbr\u003e Not only did the young poet join the Greenwich Village artists and writers who wanted to overthrow all her mother's pieties but she also won their admiration for the radical originality of her language and the technical proficiency of her verse. After her mother's death thirty years later, the aging recluse transformed herself, against all expectations, into a charismatic performer and beloved celebrity. She won virtually every literary prize available to her and was widely hailed as America's greatest living poet.\u003cbr\u003e Elegantly written, meticulously researched, critically acute, and psychologically nuanced, \u003ci\u003eHolding On Upside Down\u003c\/i\u003e provides at last the biography that this major poet and complex personality deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374534943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/2015 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Linda Leavell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43544042832053,"sku":"9780374534943","price":28.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5604ba08-8658-43c3-9441-33784ebab4bb.jpg?v=1706118002","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/holding-on-upside-down-the-life-and-work-of-marianne-moore-9780374534943","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}