{"product_id":"just-the-thing-selected-letters-of-james-schuyler-1951-1991-revised-anniversary-edition-9781885983817","title":"Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991, Revised Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis updated edition of James Schuyler's letters to three\u003cbr\u003edozen intimates, published on the 100th anniversary of the writer's birth, offers delicious insights into the vital lives, friendships, and sensibilities that\u003cbr\u003esprang from the influential New York School.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn New York in the summertime: \u003c\/i\u003e \"Makes me think Thoreau was\u003cbr\u003eright and Whitman was wrong.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn conducting himself post-breakup: \u003c\/i\u003e \"I would like to do it\u003cbr\u003ewith as much silence and grace as a loose tongue and a trick knee permit.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn his sister-in-law's antipathy toward the town beatnik: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"His crimes against society seem to consist of long hair, tight pants and a\u003cbr\u003eHonda--I'm not sure which she minds most.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuch effervescent and scathing takes on life, nature, love, \u003cbr\u003eand art are on joyous display in James Schuyler's letters to John Ashbery, Ron\u003cbr\u003ePadgett, Barbara Guest, Alex Katz, Joe Brainard, Kenneth Koch, and many more.\u003cbr\u003eThey paint an indelible picture of a charmingly self-deprecating gentleman with\u003cbr\u003ea deliciously wicked tongue. \"Jimmy wrote letters for the most civilized of\u003cbr\u003ereasons,\" a friend of his once said: \"to inform and to entertain.\" And that\u003cbr\u003ethey do, in inimitable style. Peppering his aperçus with the occasional \"tout\u003cbr\u003ede sweetie\" and \"pet noire,\" the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Morning of the Poem\u003c\/i\u003e holds forth on everything from Dante and\u003cbr\u003eDelacroix to travel and gardening to the delicate workings of his own poems and those of others. While his tone ranges from the lightly\u003cbr\u003egraceful to the racily profane, each letter is exquisitely tuned to its\u003cbr\u003erecipient. And they have only grown more savory and valuable with time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turtle Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781885983817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480","brand":"James Schuyler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124507902133,"sku":"9781885983817","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c8213b8e-5c95-4054-a56a-23937db86e2f.jpg?v=1694553519","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/just-the-thing-selected-letters-of-james-schuyler-1951-1991-revised-anniversary-edition-9781885983817","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}