{"product_id":"this-thin-mean-new-selected-poems-9781949966251","title":"This Thin Mean: New Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eCollected in this volume of selected poems are three previous collections: Forms of Life, a powerful and stark rumination on human economy, a haunting exploration of the struggle for survival in uncertain times, inspired by sources as diverse as Malthus and Habakkuk; The Vast Practical Engine, a lyric collage of the philosophy of pragmatism, which utilizes the cadences of William James; and Life At Braintree, drawn from the letters of John Adams and alchemized into a series of \"spare poems, open to the voices of the American past, [that] wonderfully assume an unexpected richness, a wealth of saying\" (Norman Finkelstein). Also included here is a gathering of recent poems and translations of a section of the Book of Isaiah, the haiku of Ozaki Hōsai, and Georg Trakl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Hoffman's \"sharp-eyed and agile\" poems are \"teeming with surprise\" (Patrick Pritchett) and \"deserve to be better and more widely-known\" (Eileen Tabios). \"The quality of the verse... is undeniable; there are great pleasures to be had in Hoffman's lines\" (Jason Ranek). His poetry manifests a \"restless and manifold creativity\" (Anthony Rudolf).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spuyten Duyvil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949966251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Eric R. Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52507598061749,"sku":"9781949966251","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c226eafe-bf5a-4a4f-a917-85aecab6370d.jpg?v=1778566034","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/this-thin-mean-new-selected-poems-9781949966251","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}