{"product_id":"karl-shapiro-selected-poems-karl-shapiro-9781931082341","title":"Karl Shapiro Selected Poems","description":"In this new selection of poems by Karl Shapiro, master literary craftsman John Updike provides a long-overdue reassessment of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who first rose to prominence with his poems about war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUpdike's great personal respect and affection for Shapiro's work resonate throughout the essay he wrote to introduce the volume: \"Karl Shapiro's tone is breezy, surly, rapturous as the mood rapidly shifts. The last lines often stub our toes and invite us to reread. The concreteness can seem defiant. . . . His feet planted on the substantive, he could be modest and casual but also bold, with the boldness of truth personally verified.\" In the poems he's assembled, Updike selected broadly from the entire span of Shapiro's writing life, and his introduction establishes an enduring place in American literature for the poet whose pungency and vast range of subjects have helped define American poetry of the postwar period. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the American Poets Project\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElegantly designed in compact editions, printed on acid-free paper, and textually authoritative, the American Poets Project makes available the full range of the American poetic accomplishment, selected and introduced by today's most discerning poets and critics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Shapiro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1931082340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931082341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.84h x 4.76w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2003 pg. 1269\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2003 pg. 117","brand":"Karl Shapiro","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43937506754815,"sku":"9781931082341","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4004f2bb-fc5c-4275-9612-321d622de949.jpg?v=1681430474","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/karl-shapiro-selected-poems-karl-shapiro-9781931082341","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}