{"product_id":"paul-goodman-reader-paul-goodman-9781604860580","title":"Paul Goodman Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eA one-man think-tank for the New Left, Paul Goodman wrote over thirty books, most of them before his decade of fame as a social critic in the Sixties. \u003cem\u003eA Paul Goodman Reader\u003c\/em\u003e that does him justice must be a compendious volume, with excerpts not only from best-sellers like \u003cem\u003eGrowing Up Absurd\u003c\/em\u003e, but also from his landmark books on education, community planning, anarchism, psychotherapy, language theory, and poetics. Samples as well from \u003cem\u003eThe Empire City\u003c\/em\u003e, a comic novel reviewers compared to \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e, prize-winning short stories, and scores of poems that led America's most respected poetry reviewer, Hayden Carruth, to exclaim, \u003cem\u003e\"Not one dull page. It's almost unbelievable.\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoodman called himself as an old-fashioned man of letters, which meant that all these various disciplines and occasions added up to a single abiding concern for the human plight in perilous times, and for human promise and achieved grandeur, love and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Goodman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1604860588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781604860580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/18\/2011","brand":"Paul Goodman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372427137279,"sku":"9781604860580","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7d2b6e1-3ebe-4cce-99d3-9b0d627120ee.jpg?v=1732725911","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paul-goodman-reader-paul-goodman-9781604860580","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}