{"product_id":"this-time-new-and-selected-poems-9780393319095","title":"This Time: New and Selected Poems","description":"\"This healthy collection of new poems and selections from seven previous volumes is remarkable for its generosity of spirit, manifested in a warm surrealism that is often turned with humor toward his own past as a way of understanding the recurrent questions of growing old: 'Why did it take so long \/ for me to get lenient? What does it mean one life \/ only?' \" -- \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review) \"Gerald Stern's achievement is immense. In this beautiful gathering . . . one encounters a poet who praises and mourns in turn and even at once.\" -- Grace Schulman, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e \"Stern is one of those rare poetic souls who makes it almost impossible to remember what our world was like before his poetry came to exalt it.\" -- C. K. Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393319095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Boston Book Review - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1999 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gerald Stern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040174506165,"sku":"9780393319095","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_af5c8416-599f-4b72-a19f-1e05af849b69.jpg?v=1689086231","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/this-time-new-and-selected-poems-9780393319095","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}