{"product_id":"toward-the-distant-islands-new-and-selected-poems-9781556592362","title":"Toward the Distant Islands: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis \"portable Carruth\" gathers the essential poems from a major American poet. \u003cem\u003eToward the Distant Islands\u003c\/em\u003e presents lyrics, short and long narratives, comic, meditative, erotic poems, and reflections on the natural world. Ever engaged with radical politics, rural poverty, and the poet's cultural responsibility, Carruth's work is alive with a rare courage and clear-eyed conviction. Over his prolific and celebrated writing career, Hayden Carruth has been one of the most rigorous and inventive technicians of a generation that has been acknowledged for its brilliance and variety. Like the jazz he so loves, his poetry ranges from the formal to the spontaneous, from local speech to righteous oratory, from sublime complexity to elegant understatement. This volume features an introduction by Carruth's longtime friend and editor, Sam Hamill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.56h x 5.56w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/13\/2006 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2006 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2006 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/10\/2006 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hayden Carruth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51911679770805,"sku":"9781556592362","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_43918126-f75b-49e7-a65e-8287cc4cd16b.jpg?v=1761057254","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/toward-the-distant-islands-new-and-selected-poems-9781556592362","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}