{"product_id":"robert-bly-in-this-world-thomas-r-smith-9780816677702","title":"Robert Bly in This World: Proceedings of a Conference Held at Elmer L. Andersen Library University of Minnesota April 16-19, 2009 [With DVD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1958, a powerful new voice in American poetry emerged from the windswept prairie farmland of western Minnesota. Beginning with publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Fifties\u003c\/i\u003e, \"a magazine of poetry, translation and general opinion,\" Robert Bly's transformative poetry, translations, essays, and poetry readings rolled across the country like an invigorating prairie storm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his eighty-third year, to celebrate acquisition of his archives, the Elmer L. Andersen Library at the University of Minnesota sponsored a major conference, Robert Bly in This World. This is the record of that historic event. Scholars and authors from America and England presented papers on Bly's poetry, translations, criticism, mythopoetic storytelling, and other major achievements, including his annual Great Mother and Minnesota Men's conferences. A trip to Madison, Minnesota, where Bly's writing studio has been restored and preserved on the Lac Qui Parle County fairgrounds, is also chronicled here, plus intimate appreciations by Bly's friends and admirers Coleman Barks, Donald Hall, Jane Hirshfield, Lewis Hyde, and others. A vintage documentary on Bly, \u003ci\u003eA Man Writes to a Part of Himself\u003c\/i\u003e, screened at the conference, is included as a DVD in a supplement to the book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Robert Bly's long career as a poet and translator, he has authored more than forty volumes. His pioneering prose explorations of ancient stories include the international bestseller Iron John. His latest collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eTalking into the Ear of a Donkey\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2011. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas R. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816677700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816677702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011 pg. 201","brand":"Thomas R. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48441361203455,"sku":"9780816677702","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08ba992e-8e82-48d6-aaa6-c6aa752c7430.jpg?v=1777190406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/robert-bly-in-this-world-thomas-r-smith-9780816677702","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}