{"product_id":"planisphere-paperback","title":"Planisphere - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Ashbery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ashbery is a national treasure.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poetry of John Ashbery has been awarded virtually every conceivable literary prize including the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the Griffin, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. \u003cem\u003ePlanisphere \u003c\/em\u003eis a new collection by one of America's most innovative and influential poets--an exceptional artist whose work stands alongside the finest of Whitman, Dickinson, Stevens, and Hart Crane. For more than half a century Ashbery has been producing timeless works such as \u003cem\u003eChinese Whispers, Hotel Lautréamont, A Wave, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhere Shall I Wander\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003ePlanisphere \u003c\/em\u003eis proof that the master only improves with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreathlike\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as the day could use another hour, \u003cbr\u003eI need another idea. Not a concept\u003cbr\u003eor a slogan. Something more like a rut\u003cbr\u003emade thousands of years ago by one of the first\u003cbr\u003ewheels as it rolled along. It never came back\u003cbr\u003eto see what it had done, and the rut\u003cbr\u003ejust stayed there, not thinking of itself\u003cbr\u003eor calling attention to itself in any way.\u003cbr\u003eSun baked it. Water stood, or rather sat\u003cbr\u003ein it. Wind covered it with dust, then blew it\u003cbr\u003eaway. Always it was available to itself\u003cbr\u003ewhen it wished to be, which wasn't often.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen there was a cup and ball theory\u003cbr\u003eI told you about. A lot of people had left the coast.\u003cbr\u003eSquirt conditions obtained. I forgot I overwhelmed you\u003cbr\u003eonce upon a time, between everybody's sound sleep\u003cbr\u003eand waking afterward, trying to piece together\u003cbr\u003ewhat had happened. The rut glimmered\u003cbr\u003ethrough centuries of snow and after.\u003cbr\u003eI suppose it was trying to make some point\u003cbr\u003ebut we never found out about that, \u003cbr\u003ehaving come to know each other years later\u003cbr\u003ewhen our interest in zoning had revived again.\u003c\/p\u003e--Boston Phoen\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreathlike\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as the day could use another hour, \u003cbr\u003eI need another idea. Not a concept\u003cbr\u003eor a slogan. Something more like a rut\u003cbr\u003emade thousands of years ago by one of the first\u003cbr\u003ewheels as it rolled along. It never came back\u003cbr\u003eto see what it had done, and the rut\u003cbr\u003ejust stayed there, not thinking of itself\u003cbr\u003eor calling attention to itself in any way.\u003cbr\u003eSun baked it. Water stood, or rather sat\u003cbr\u003ein it. Wind covered it with dust, then blew it\u003cbr\u003eaway. Always it was available to itself\u003cbr\u003ewhen it wished to be, which wasn't often.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen there was a cup and ball theory\u003cbr\u003eI told you about. A lot of people had left the coast.\u003cbr\u003eSquirt conditions obtained. I forgot I overwhelmed you\u003cbr\u003eonce upon a time, between everybody's sound sleep\u003cbr\u003eand waking afterward, trying to piece together\u003cbr\u003ewhat had happened. The rut glimmered\u003cbr\u003ethrough centuries of snow and after.\u003cbr\u003eI suppose it was trying to make some point\u003cbr\u003ebut we never found out about that, \u003cbr\u003ehaving come to know each other years later\u003cbr\u003ewhen our interest in zoning had revived again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.86 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724756979775,"sku":"9780061915222","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/10dd54ab273fdd26c77d17e9cf2538bf.webp?v=1765103812","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/planisphere-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}