{"product_id":"in-a-prominent-bar-in-x-j-kennedy-9780801886546","title":"In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus: New and Selected Poems, 1955-2007","description":"\u003cp\u003e2008 American Library Association Notable Book in Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than half a century, readers and listeners have taken special pleasure in the poetry of X. J. Kennedy. \u003ci\u003eIn a Prominent Bar in Secaucus\u003c\/i\u003e is an ample gathering of his best work: memorable songs, startling lyrics, poems that tell poignant stories, character studies that vie with those of Edwin Arlington Robinson. A master of verbal music, Kennedy has long been praised for his wit and humor; as this collection reveals, many of his poems also reach surprising depths and heights. Donald Hall comments, \"many of Kennedy's poems are wit itself. His wit is his way of understanding. No one else writing is capable of the effects in which Kennedy specializes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book skims the cream from several slim volumes and six past collections including the prize-winning \u003ci\u003eNude Descending a Staircase, Cross Ties, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lords of Misrule\u003c\/i\u003e. It restores to print over fifty poems unavailable for decades and adds more than two dozen new poems collected for the first time. Kennedy has long occupied a unique place in American poetry; \u003ci\u003eIn a Prominent Bar in Secaucus\u003c\/i\u003e now offers the first comprehensive collection to span his entire career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e X. J. Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801886546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801886546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 4.50w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2007 pg. 17","brand":"X. J. Kennedy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153117294847,"sku":"9780801886546","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76b23141-4095-4cba-8d2f-ace1c1c0a96f.jpg?v=1770781402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-a-prominent-bar-in-x-j-kennedy-9780801886546","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}