{"product_id":"live-from-the-hong-kong-august-kleinzahler-9780374527013","title":"Live from the Hong Kong Nile Club: Poems: 1975-1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe early poems of an American master\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I have loved the air outside Shop-Rite Liquor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eon summer evenings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebetter than the Marin hills at dusk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003elavender and gold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003estretching miles to the sea.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the junction, up from the synagogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ea weeknight, necessarily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand with my father--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ea sale on German beer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAir full of living dust: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebus exhaust, air-borne grains of pizza crust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewounded crystals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eappearing, disappearing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eamong streetlights and unsuccessful neon.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\"Poetics\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugust Kleinzahler's first collections won him a cult following but have long been out of print and hard to find. Here Kleinzahler--acclaimed by \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London) for the \"vision and confident skill to make American poetry new\"--has selected the best of the poems collected in \u003ci\u003eStorm over Hackensack \u003c\/i\u003e(1985) and \u003ci\u003eEarthquake Weather \u003c\/i\u003e(1989) and added an autobiographical Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e August Kleinzahler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374527016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374527013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.44w x 0.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2000 pg. 1317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2000 pg. 603\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/29\/2000 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2000 pg. 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/22\/2000","brand":"August Kleinzahler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919608283391,"sku":"9780374527013","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1cd23356-1cf5-4b42-bdbd-0d8eaeb676c8.jpg?v=1680810333","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/live-from-the-hong-kong-august-kleinzahler-9780374527013","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}