{"product_id":"kenneth-koch-selected-poems-american-poets-project-24-9781598530063","title":"Kenneth Koch: Selected Poems: (American Poets Project #24)","description":"Kenneth Koch, in the words of editor Ron Padgett, wrote poetry that became a part of \"the mystery and pleasure of being alive.\" A center of the New York School, he gained notoriety by mocking the stodginess and academicism of much mid-century verse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis enthralling selection encompasses the full range of Koch's poetry, and includes such already classic works as \"Fresh Air\" (his devastatingly satirical assault on mid-1950s poetic conformism), \"The Pleasure of Peace\" (with its defiant assertion that \"One single piece of pink mint chewing gum contains more pleasures \/ Than the whole rude gallery of war!\"), \"The Art of Poetry,\" his astonishing and light-footed survey of the aims and methods of poetry, and poems from the late collection \u003ci\u003eNew Addresses\u003c\/i\u003e, including \"To World War Two,\" \"To Psychoanalysis,\" and \"To the French Language.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA poet at once directly accessible and deeply mysterious, Kenneth Koch was the master of an art of surprise in which the world is constantly reimagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the American Poets Project\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElegantly designed in compact editions, printed on acid-free paper, and textually authoritative, the American Poets Project makes available the full range of the American poetic accomplishment, selected and introduced by today's most discerning poets and critics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598530063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.74h x 5.38w x 0.77d","brand":"Kenneth Koch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52732286369973,"sku":"9781598530063","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kenneth-koch-selected-poems-american-poets-project-24-9781598530063","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}