{"product_id":"the-darkening-trapeze-last-poems-9781555977276","title":"The Darkening Trapeze: Last Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe empty bar that someone was supposed to swing to him\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDid not arrive, \u0026amp; so his outstretched flesh itself became\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA darkening trapeze. The two other acrobats were thieves.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e--from \"Elegy with a Darkening Trapeze Inside It\"\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Darkening Trapeze\u003c\/i\u003e collects the last poems by Larry Levis, written during the extraordinary blaze of his final years when his poetry expanded into the ambitious operatic masterpieces he is known for. Edited and with an afterword by David St. John and published twenty years after Levis's death, this collection contains major unpublished works, including final elegies, brief lyrics, and a coda believed to be the last poem Levis wrote, a heart-wrenching poem about his son. \u003ci\u003eThe Darkening Trapeze\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing collection by a poet many consider to be among the greatest of late-twentieth-century American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555977276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.80w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/2016 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2016 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Larry Levis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112093941941,"sku":"9781555977276","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e75b88cf-71ca-4e1f-8f59-a2011e1b53c1.jpg?v=1693928548","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-darkening-trapeze-last-poems-9781555977276","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}