{"product_id":"poems-1962-1997-paperback","title":"Poems (1962-1997) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Lax\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Beer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the great original voices of our times--a pilgrim in search of beautiful innocence.\"--Jack Kerouac\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Robert Lax's poems [prove] yet again that the gift to be simple is the gift to be free, that less is more, and that least may sometimes be most.\"--John Ashbery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems (1962-1997)\u003c\/i\u003e gathers thirty-five years of Robert Lax's work, rarely published and largely composed in solitude on the island of Patmos. Compiled and edited by the poet's former assistant John Beer, this selection reflects--through meditative sequences in striking vertical columns--Lax's rigorous attention to the world around him and his relentless aspiration to new ways of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003elove \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003edeath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eare blood\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; bone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003elove \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003edeath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eare bread\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003elove \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003edeath\u003cbr\u003eare rose\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; thorn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(love \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003edeath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eare sheep\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; shorn)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Lax\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-2000) published dozens of volumes of poetry and prose with small presses and worked as an editor for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJubilee\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePAX\u003c\/i\u003e. From 1962 to the end of his life, he made his home in the Greek islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Beer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Canarium, 2010), which won the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. For two years in the late 1990s, he served as literary assistant to Robert Lax. He currently lives and teaches in Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Lax\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-2000) published dozens of volumes of poetry and prose journals with small presses in Europe and the United States, as well as \u003ci\u003eA Catch of Anti-Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, correspondence with his lifelong friend Thomas Merton. Educated at Columbia University, he worked as an editor for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJubilee\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePAX\u003c\/i\u003e. From 1962 to the end of his life, he made his home in the Greek islands, first Kalymnos and ultimately Patmos. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Beer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Canarium, 2010), which won the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he lived on the Greek island of Patmos for two years in the late 1990s, where he served as literary assistant to Robert Lax. He currently teaches creative writing at Portland State University; previously, he reviewed theater for \u003ci\u003eTime Out Chicago.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725744345151,"sku":"9781933517766","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/22ce49ad05d25ea4f877666fd79347a5.webp?v=1765107775","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/poems-1962-1997-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}