{"product_id":"capricorn-in-flux-elton-glaser-9780822968399","title":"Capricorn in Flux: Poems","description":"Throughout \u003ci\u003eCapricorn in Flux\u003c\/i\u003e, Glaser's eleventh book of poetry, we hear that same voice, vivid and precise and crackling with verve and wit. To borrow a line from Robert Lowell, he is still \"free-lancing out along the razor's edge.\" But this time, the sprightliness is shadowed by a darker perspective. Now in his early eighties, Glaser takes into account the diminishments and indignities of late age. Though he calls himself \"Laureate of the bent vernacular and the slippery joke,\" he also cannot help but feel the encroachments of the concluding years: \"The nervous pressure of what's next.\" Harboring what comforts are left--the arts, a new love, the cycle of the seasons--Glaser finds the resilience he needs as everything else fades away, that last flare of grace and energy, ever restless and exuberant: \"The mind buried alive in the body.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elton Glaser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822968398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822968399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Elton Glaser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084099100927,"sku":"9780822968399","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/capricorn-in-flux-elton-glaser-9780822968399","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}