{"product_id":"new-selected-poems-9780374538699","title":"New Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new selection of poems by the celebrated gay poet\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThom Gunn has been described as \"one of the most singular and compelling poets in English during the past half-century\" (\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e). Gunn was an Elizabethan poet in modern guise, though there's nothing archaic, quaint, or sepia-toned about his poetry. His method was dispassionate and rigorous, uniquely well suited for making a poetic record of the tumultuous time in which he lived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGunn's dozens of brilliantly realized poems about nature, friendship, literature, sexual love, and death are set against the ever-changing backdrop of San Francisco--the druggy, politically charged sixties and the plague years of AIDS in the eighties. Perhaps no contemporary poet was better equipped--by temperament, circumstance, or poetic gift--to engage the subjects of eros and thanatos than Thom Gunn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eNew Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, compiled by his friend Clive Wilmer and accompanied by insightful notes, is the first edition to represent the full arc of Gunn's inimitable career.\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 12\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374538699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Thom Gunn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315016757429,"sku":"9780374538699","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7713c4fd-c708-4e2d-84d5-93ad415958c4.jpg?v=1718719811","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/new-selected-poems-9780374538699","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}