{"product_id":"portrait-and-dream-new-and-selected-poems-9781566892292","title":"Portrait and Dream: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eTitled after a Jackson Pollock painting at once figural and abstract, this collection spans nearly fifty years of Bill Berkson's poetry in all its deftness and variety. His poems, full of nuance, intensity, and exuberant wit, spread meaning across the page like quicksilver. Engaging in a mix of topics and styles, Berkson deals with aspects of the observable world, dreams, art, elements, and ecstasy to create a body of work suffused with light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in New York, \u003cb\u003eBill Berkson\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, art critic, and teacher. Formerly a professor of liberal arts at the San Francisco Art Institute, he lives in San Francisco and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566892292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Bill Berkson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42496149586101,"sku":"9781566892292","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b4569054-a4e2-41b0-8325-74c5b468baf1.jpg?v=1667921441","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/portrait-and-dream-new-and-selected-poems-9781566892292","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}