{"product_id":"selected-poems-1968-1996-9780374600365","title":"Selected Poems, 1968-1996","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Brodsky spent his life advocating for the place of the poet in society. As Derek Walcott said of him, \"Joseph was somebody who lived poetry . . . He saw being a poet as being a sacred calling.\" The poems in this volume span Brodsky's career, which was marked by his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1972. Together, they represent the project that, as Brodsky said, the \"condition we call exile\" presented: \"to set the next man--however theoretical he and his needs may be--a bit more free.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition, edited and introduced by Brodsky's literary executor, Ann Kjellberg, includes poems translated by Derek Walcott, Richard Wilbur, and Anthony Hecht, as well as poems written in English or translated by the author himself. \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems, 1968-1996\u003c\/i\u003e surveys Brodsky's tumultuous life and illustrious career and showcases his most notable and poignant work as a poet.\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 05\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374600365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.31h x 5.56w x 0.63d","brand":"Joseph Brodsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636676817052,"sku":"9780374600365","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_baddb66e-750e-4b27-9f80-7a4914bade69.jpg?v=1603842618","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/selected-poems-1968-1996-9780374600365","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}