{"product_id":"mulroney-others-baron-wormser-9781889330396","title":"Mulroney \u0026 Others: Poems","description":"Baron Wormser, a master of the persona poem, is well known for his empathic exploration of possible lives. This fifth collection of poetry by this \"fiction writer in a poet's body,\" includes an examination of his own life as well.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulroney \u0026amp; Others\u003c\/i\u003e provides glimpses of Wormser's childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, as well as accounts of Vietnam vets and draft dodgers, socialites and outcasts. Loyal readers will welcome his trademark poise, the elegant balance he achieves with understatement both metrically deft and intellectually intricate. These poems prove Anaïs Nin's insight that \"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWormser's invitation to engage ourselves in seeing is irresistible, especially as he models the process with such impassioned interest. \"'I know, ' everyone is saying at once\/To one another and the word-riddled universe. . . .\" he writes. His poems tempt us to trade the obscurity of facile assumption for the powerful illumination of wonder. In Wormser's words, the universe is irrefutably personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaron Wormser is the author of four previous collections of poetry: \u003ci\u003eThe White Words\u003c\/i\u003e (Houghton Mifflin, 1983), \u003ci\u003eGood Trembling\u003c\/i\u003e (Houghton Mifflin, 1985), \u003ci\u003eAtoms, Soul Music, and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Paris Review Editions, 1989), \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e (Sarabande Books, 1997), and co-author of \u003ci\u003eTeaching the Art of Poetry: The Moves\u003c\/i\u003e (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999). His poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in a wide variety of journals including \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, Sewanee Review, The New Republic, Harper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He lives with his wife in Hallowell, Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The particular gift in Wormser's work is in the narrative. . . . He is poised to record, to expose, to express, not to pounce. The language can sometimes ambush a reader with wonder, but Wormser never breaks a sweat. . . . \u003ci\u003eMulroney \u0026amp; Others\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those rare books of poetry that will have resonance in the lives of nearly every reader. . . (he) mixes just the right amount of cleverness with a smart appreciation for language, humor, humanity, pain and love.\"-\u003ci\u003eBa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Baron Wormser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1889330396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781889330396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.06w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/2000 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2000 pg. 65\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baron Wormser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372454793471,"sku":"9781889330396","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_567bc812-bec0-4ccb-bf08-f9a00ba84509.jpg?v=1732725992","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mulroney-others-baron-wormser-9781889330396","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}