{"product_id":"dear-editor-joseph-parisi-9780393050929","title":"Dear Editor: A History of Poetry in Letters","description":"\"The history of poetry and \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e in America are almost interchangeable, certainly inseparable,\" A. R. Ammons wrote. \u003cem\u003eDear Editor\u003c\/em\u003e, in gathering over 600 surprisingly candid letters to and from the editors of \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e, traces the development of poetry in America: Ezra Pound's opinion of T. S. Eliot (\"It is such a comfort to meet a man and not have to tell him to wash his face, wipe his feet\") and of Robert Frost (\"dull as ditch water...[but] set to be 'literchure' someday\"); Edna St. Vincent Millay's pleas for an advance (\"I am become very, very thin, and have taken to smoking Virginia tobacco\"); Wallace Stevens on himself (\"I have a pretty well-developed mean streak\"). Here are the inside stories, the rivalries between aspiring authors, the inspirations behind classics, the practicalities (and politicking) of publishing. In fascinating anecdotes and literary gossip, scores of poets offer insights into the creative process and their reactions to historic events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Parisi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393050920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393050929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/23\/2002 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2002 pg. 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 126","brand":"Joseph Parisi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064859111679,"sku":"9780393050929","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0fb2ec11-6b29-4c41-9ddc-0ae5d732f7db.jpg?v=1768671514","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dear-editor-joseph-parisi-9780393050929","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}