{"product_id":"time-of-useful-consciousness-9780811220316","title":"Time of Useful Consciousness","description":"New Directions is proud to announce a riveting and galvanizing new book by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. At ninety-three, he shows more power than most any other poet at work today. Ferlinghetti describes his new book, \u003cem\u003eTime of Useful Consciousness\u003c\/em\u003e, as \"a fragmented recording of the American stream-of-consciousness, always westward streaming; a people's poetic history in the tradition of William Carlos Williams' \u003cem\u003ePaterson\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles Olson's \u003cem\u003eMaximus\u003c\/em\u003e, Allen Ginsberg's \u003cem\u003eFall of America\u003c\/em\u003e, and Ed Sanders' \u003cem\u003eAmerica: a History in Verse\u003c\/em\u003e. 'Time of Useful Consciousness, is an aeronautical term denoting the time between when one loses oxygen and when one passes out, the brief time in which some life-saving action is possible.\"Ferlinghetti's first book since Poetry as Insurgent Art, the fierce and immediate \u003cem\u003eTime of Useful Consciousness\u003c\/em\u003e presents poetry written \"in ways that those who see poetry as the province of the few and educated had never imagined\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811220316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2012 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2012 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lawrence Ferlinghetti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51948803948725,"sku":"9780811220316","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cce2d11f-c6be-4eba-9aeb-7dbc646eb4b3.jpg?v=1762273023","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/time-of-useful-consciousness-9780811220316","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}