{"product_id":"language-being-time-john-phillips-9781848619463","title":"Language Being Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Some poets live deep back, quietly, in far places, still. I love the poetry of my friend, John Phillips. He is a master of the compressed, cut lyric.\" -Kent Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"John Phillips writes with a precision, balance \u0026amp; grace that calls to mind the very best of Louis Zukofsky's short poems, or Creeley's early period, or Lorine Niedecker's work. At his best, Phillips is absolutely dazzling.\" -Ron Silliman (On Language Is)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These poems have no extraneous cargo, they are tight as a duck's butt. And smart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou could write most of these astute and pristine poems on a post-it note and carry it in your pocket for later use.\" -Michael Dennis (On Shape of Faith)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps Phillips' greatest accomplishment is how he cast out words that create a reality that, nonetheless, evoke that reality that existed pre-words. I am touching quite briefly on the many marvels within the book's pages. I recommend you look for this book and inhabit it for yourself. You'll come out of the experience more enlightened than before you began it.\" -Eileen Tabios (On Shape of Faith)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848619464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848619463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.27d","brand":"John Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46140664185087,"sku":"9781848619463","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18a09b45-ddce-4e82-965c-8b67d5e96887.jpg?v=1726596686","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/language-being-time-john-phillips-9781848619463","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}