{"product_id":"surrounded-by-friends-matthew-rohrer-9781940696034","title":"Surrounded by Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Rohrer's frequently beautiful, brief poems are rooted in specific images that initially seem unrelated--but which ultimately form a unity as meditations on how the ordinary distractions of everyday life can be seen as the source for almost everything important in life.\"--Ken Tucker, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in Matthew Rohrer's seventh poetry collection are generated by, and embrace, friendships with the living, the dead, and the inanimate. Friends, family, and the urban peoplescape are gathered together in these poems, with more and more poetic voices joining in, and ending with poems written \"in collaboration\" with Kobayashi Issa, Yosa Buson, Matsuo Basho, and Hafiz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LONELIER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is absolutely nothing lonelier\u003cbr\u003ethan the little Mars rover\u003cbr\u003enever shutting down, digging up\u003cbr\u003erocks, so far away from Bond Street\u003cbr\u003ein a light rain. I wonder\u003cbr\u003eif he makes little beeps? If so\u003cbr\u003ehe is lonelier still. He fires a laser\u003cbr\u003einto the dust. He coughs. A shiny\u003cbr\u003ething in the sand turns out to be his.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Rohrer\u003c\/b\u003e has received the Hopwood Award for poetry, a Pushcart Prize, was selected as a National Poetry Series winner by Mary Oliver, and was shortlisted for the Griffin International Poetry Prize. He is the co-author, with Joshua Beckman, of \u003ci\u003eNice Hat. Thanks.\u003c\/i\u003e, and the audio CD \u003ci\u003eAdventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e. He has appeared on NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Next Big Thing\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at NYU.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Rohrer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1940696038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940696034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2015 pg. 87","brand":"Matthew Rohrer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937705033983,"sku":"9781940696034","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_07bedcff-4636-4b81-8a07-b108c10c08d0.jpg?v=1681431547","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/surrounded-by-friends-matthew-rohrer-9781940696034","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}