{"product_id":"live-oak-with-moss-walt-whitman-9781419734052","title":"Live Oak, with Moss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs he was turning forty, Walt Whitman wrote twelve poems in a small handmade book he entitled \"Live Oak, With Moss.\" The poems were intensely private reflections on his attraction to and affection for other men.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were also Whitman's most adventurous explorations of the theme of same-sex love, composed decades before the word \"homosexual\" came into use. This revolutionary, extraordinarily beautiful and passionate cluster of poems was never published by Whitman and has remained unknown to the general public--until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling and Caldecott Award-winning illustrator \u003cb\u003eBrian Selznick\u003c\/b\u003e offers a provocative visual narrative of \"Live Oak, With Moss,\" and Whitman scholar \u003cb\u003eKaren Karbiener\u003c\/b\u003e reconstructs the story of the poetic cluster's creation and destruction. Walt Whitman's reassembled, reinterpreted \u003ci\u003eLive Oak, With Moss\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a source of inspiration and a cause for celebration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walt Whitman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1419734059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419734052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/25\/2019","brand":"Walt Whitman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43934772003071,"sku":"9781419734052","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f0d6fb03-98ea-4b18-8b02-ee3343d7d259.jpg?v=1681415957","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/live-oak-with-moss-walt-whitman-9781419734052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}