{"product_id":"jump-soul-charlie-smith-9780393240221","title":"Jump Soul: New and Selected Poems","description":"Selecting from among Charlie Smith's seven previous collections and including more than forty astonishing new poems, \u003cem\u003eJump Soul\u003c\/em\u003e represents work from the career of a poet who \"writes with a scalding aortal brilliance that leaves the reader drunk on dream\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e). From the lush Southern landscapes of \u003cem\u003eRed Roads\u003c\/em\u003e (1987) and the haunted longing of \u003cem\u003eHeroin\u003c\/em\u003e (2000) to the bold eroticism of \u003cem\u003eWomen of America\u003c\/em\u003e (2004) and, most recently, the fresh and exuberant \u003cem\u003eWord Comix\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), Smith reminds us \"that we don't really know what beauty is until we've looked hard at the horror that throws beauty into bright relief\" (David Kirby, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e). Beauty in Smith's poetry is mixed with harrowing darkness; it is \"the rescued returned to the floods \/ and fruit pickers, those who catch beauty \/ aflight on the sweet-smelling breeze, authentic characters \/ messed up, dead on the floor \/ of western motels, crapped out jinxed, lost \/ to the boulevards.\" Smith is a poet of \"shimmering energy\" (Mary Oliver). His work, brutal in its honesty and stunning in its lyricism, is represented in all of its extraordinary range in this new collection. \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eFrom \"Collected First Lines\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eI'm sure there is meaning, \u003cbr\u003e and I know it's sometimes more interesting\u003cbr\u003e to stand in a road than to move along it, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003ethough even this, said with such confidence\u003cbr\u003e just a minute ago, \u003cbr\u003e explains nothing.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlie Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393240223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393240221\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 03\/24\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.47h x 6.43w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2014 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/24\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2014 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/20\/2014 pg. 49","brand":"Charlie Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48435410403583,"sku":"9780393240221","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a98b6cd7-f92e-4f3f-994c-9f76920cd23d.jpg?v=1777150201","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jump-soul-charlie-smith-9780393240221","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}