{"product_id":"just-the-thing-james-schuyler-9781885983817","title":"Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991, Revised Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis fully\u003cbr\u003eupdated edition of James Schuyler's letters to three dozen intimates, published\u003cbr\u003eon the 100th anniversary of the writer's birth, offers unparalleled insights\u003cbr\u003einto the lives, friendships, and sensibilities that sprang from the influential\u003cbr\u003eNew York School. \u003c\/b\u003eJames\u003cbr\u003eSchuyler's effervescent takes on people, nature, art, writing, and love are on\u003cbr\u003ejoyous display in his letters to John Ashbery, Ron Padgett, Barbara Guest, Alex\u003cbr\u003eKatz, Joe Brainard, Kenneth Koch, and many more. They paint an indelible\u003cbr\u003epicture of a charmingly self-deprecating gentleman with an expansive intellect\u003cbr\u003eand a deliciously wicked tongue. \"Jimmy wrote letters for the most civilized of\u003cbr\u003ereasons,\" a friend of his once said, \"to inform and to entertain.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd that\u003cbr\u003ethey do, in inimitable style. Peppering his aper輹s with the occasional \"tout\u003cbr\u003ede sweetie\" and \"pet noire,\" the Pulitzer\u003cbr\u003ePrize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Morning of the\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003c\/i\u003e holds forth on everything from Dante and Delacroix to\u003cbr\u003etravel and gardening to the delicate workings of his own poems and those of\u003cbr\u003eothers. While his\u003cbr\u003etone ranges from the lightly graceful to the racily profane, each letter is\u003cbr\u003eexquisitely tuned to its recipient. Schuyler's voice changes over the years and\u003cbr\u003ethrough periods of elation and struggle, including stays with friends and in\u003cbr\u003epsychiatric wards. Reading these letters, one becomes intimately connected to\u003cbr\u003ethe man and to his words, which have only grown more savory and valuable with\u003cbr\u003etime. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Schuyler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1885983816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781885983817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turtle Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"James Schuyler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44202065953023,"sku":"9781885983817","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_036d3657-f115-4749-9db0-6d177376a7dc.jpg?v=1691493023","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/just-the-thing-james-schuyler-9781885983817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}