{"product_id":"another-world-instead-william-stafford-9781555974978","title":"Another World Instead: The Early Poems of William Stafford, 1937-1947","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe unpublished early poems of William Stafford now added to \"a body of work that represents some of the finest poetry written during the second half of [the twentieth] century.\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf I could remember all at once--but I have forgotten.\u003cbr\u003eBut some day, looking along a furrowed cliff, staring \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ebeyond the eyes' strength, I'll start the avalanche\u003cbr\u003eand every stone will fall separate and revealed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e --from \"Meditation\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-eight years old and a conscientious objector during World War II, William Stafford was assigned under penalty of law to work in camps, an internal exile within his own country. In this remarkable collection of poems, nearly all of them never before published, the first decade of Stafford's writing life is for the first time made available to readers. Edited by the poet Fred Marchant, one of\u003cbr\u003ethe first marine officers honorably discharged as a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, \u003ci\u003eAnother World Instead \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of a committed pacifist living in a time of war and a writer beginning a major life in American poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Stafford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155597497X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555974978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.17w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 22","brand":"William Stafford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46974618370303,"sku":"9781555974978","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90dedaf9-ee1e-433f-ad8c-0b67fc9cdea1.jpg?v=1750875557","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/another-world-instead-william-stafford-9781555974978","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}