{"product_id":"self-portrait-in-a-convex-mirror-paul-legault-9781934200933","title":"Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1975 John Ashbery published \u003ci\u003eSelf Portrait in a Convex Mirror \u003c\/i\u003eand the book won the three major American prizes--the Pulitzer, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Now it has won an oppositional-compliant ardent admirer in Paul Legault, who relates directly and dreamily to each poem, from memory, face en face. The relationship is complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"As One Put Drunk into the Packet-Boat 2\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI tried the immortal things--some of them were free.\u003cbr\u003eThe glass in front of us stopped us\u003cbr\u003eAt least for a while, waiting for the light to do its thing: sift\u003cbr\u003eThrough the previously unwaded-through season\u003cbr\u003eLike someone named Autumn, walking around\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn autumn. The dispatcher mimics the dispatch\u003cbr\u003eSimultaneously to its arrival. The controlled environment\u003cbr\u003e Became compromised by a Circean power. We decided\u003cbr\u003eWho'd come in. I wasn't going anywhere, \u003cbr\u003eMe having filled my white pockets;\u003cbr\u003eBut if you'd mentioned the time, I would've suggested\u003cbr\u003eWe rise to the occasions. Things weren't necessarily lost, \u003cbr\u003eBut that, like whether we could feed the entire company, \u003cbr\u003eDepended on where you stood--and in what structure.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Legault \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Ontario and raised in Tennessee. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Virginia and a BFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. Legault is the co-founder of the translation press Telephone Books and the author of three books of poetry. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and serves as a writer-in-residence at Washington University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Legault\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 193420093X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934200933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fence Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Paul Legault","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372463378687,"sku":"9781934200933","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b654cd6-7a0e-4539-a67c-0c33dfcc1fba.jpg?v=1732726018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/self-portrait-in-a-convex-mirror-paul-legault-9781934200933","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}