{"product_id":"commotion-of-the-birds-john-ashbery-9780062565099","title":"Commotion of the Birds: New Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA crackling, moving new collection from one of America's greatest living poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn over twenty-six original books, the poems of John Ashbery have long served as signposts guiding us through the delights, woes, hypocrisies, and uncertainties of living in the modern world. With language harvested from everyday speech, fragments of pop culture, objects and figures borrowed from art and literature, his work makes light out of darkness, playing with tone and style to show how even the seemingly frivolous stuff of existence can be employed to express the deepest levels of feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommotion of the Birds\u003c\/em\u003e showcases once again Ashbery's mastery of a staggering range of voices and his singular lyric agility: wry, frank, contemplative, resigned, bemused, and ecstatic. The poet in this new collection is at once removed from and immersed in the terrain of his examination. Disarmingly conversational, he invites the reader to join him in looking out onto the future with humor, curiosity, and insight. The lines of these poems achieve a low-humming, thrilling point of vibration, a jostling of feathers before flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Ashbery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062565095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062565099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/17\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2016 pg. 98","brand":"John Ashbery","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055876239615,"sku":"9780062565099","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_591326af-c542-422a-8649-5561d1153b1a.jpg?v=1685038293","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/commotion-of-the-birds-john-ashbery-9780062565099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}